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30 June 2023 - Engie and the Belgian government have agreed terms of extending the operating life of the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear reactors
26 June 2023 - Sweden has changed its electricity mix target from “100% renewable” to “100% fossil-free”
19 May 2023 - The energy crisis and advances in SMR technology have boosted political support in the EU for an expansion of the nuclear power sector
17 April 2023 - Right after Germany shut down its last reactors, the pro-nuclear countries in the G7 praised nuclear energy's potential
27 March 2023 - The Government of Romania is set to approve the offshore wind energy law in April, according to Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu.
10 March 2023 - Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă said subsidies for households to install solar power panels and become prosumers would be doubled
07 March 2023 - Mass Group Holding told Romania's PM Nicolae Ciucă it would invest more than EUR 1 billion in transforming the Mintia coal plant
01 March 2023 - France has initiated closer cooperation within a group with ten more European Union member states, aiming to form a nuclear alliance
24 February 2023 - Romania's TSO Transelectrica has connection contracts signed for wind projects with a combined capacity of 3 GW, according to RWEA
12 February 2023 - Judging by recent announcements, small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) are pushing ahead strongly on both sides of the Atlantic
23 January 2023 - Romania and Bulgaria have agreed to build two hydropower plants on the Danube, which should be operational within the next five to six years.
20 January 2023 - Bucharest-based think tank Energy Policy Group has presented a report titled Offshore wind – the enabler of Romania’s decarbonisation
01 December 2022 - The Government of Romania adopted an executive order to make it easier for prosumers to connect solar panels to the distribution grid
15 November 2022 - Investments of about EUR 350 – 450 billion will be needed in the coming decades...
09 November 2022 - Transmisison system operators Transelectrica and ESO have prepared ten-year development plans for the period through 2031
30 June 2022 - The construction of the two wind farms, with a combined capacity of 250 MW, is expected to begin at the end of 2023