Romania to accelerate coal phaseout deadline to 2030
03 June 2022 - Romania became more ambitious with its coal phaseout planning. It is pushing the deadline forward by two years, to 2030.
Romania to use EUR 1.4 billion of EU funds to strengthen its energy sector
27 May 2022 - The EU allowed Romania to use its share of the Modernisation Fund for the makeover of coal plant owner CE Oltenia and the electricity grid
Romania’s Oltenia to switch from coal to solar power using proceeds from CO2 permits
16 September 2021 - Romania hopes to get most of the EUR 671 million for solar power plants in coal complex CE Oltenia from the EU's Modernization Fund
Romania tells EU it would close all coal mines by 2032
26 May 2021 - Romania said it intends to stop the excavation of coal in 2032 at the latest and replace conventional power plants in the meantime
Romania erases new coal-fired thermal power plants from its plans
23 November 2020 - The Government of Romania claims no more coal power plants would be built and CE Oltenia hinted it is about to scrap the last such project.
CE Oltenia suspending 13,000 workers as sales drop amid COVID-19
20 April 2020 - The government in Bucharest is paying employees on a leave of absence 75% of gross...
Romania to build 310 MW in solar power capacity in Oltenia coal pits
13 March 2020 - The authorities in Bucharest are struggling to keep the coal mining and thermal power plant...
Four in five EU coal power plants unprofitable: Greece’s PPC faces EUR 596 million loss, Romania’s CE Oltenia EUR 567 million
28 October 2019 - Four in five EU coal power plants are unprofitable and utilities could lose EUR 6.6...
Court halts expansion of largest coal mine in Romania following Bankwatch appeal
25 October 2019 - A Bucharest court has blocked an expansion of Rosia, the largest coal mine in Romania...