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GDF Suez Romania: Nobody knows what will happen day after gas market liberalization
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Nobody calculated what will happen the day after the industrial gas market is fully liberalized, and the deregulation calendar should be extended, not postponed, said on Tuesday Eric Stab, General Director of GDF Suez Romania, present at a conference on energy.Beforehand, in the same conference, Niculae Havrilet, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), stated that he proposed to the government the annulment of gas ...
E.ON Romania: Before-due gas market liberalization is very dangerous step
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Liberalization of the industrial market for natural gas before the due term inscribed in the deregulation calendar is a dangerous step both for industrial consumers and operators in the gas sector, said on Tuesday Frank Hajdinjak, chief of the Romanian arm of German company E.ON, present at a conference on energy.Beforehand, in the same conference, Niculae Havrilet, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), stated ...
Nuclearelectrica sells electricity for 68.74 M lei on OPCOM
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Nuclearelectrica state energy producer on Wednesday sold an electricity quantity of 397,530 MWh, with the total value of the contracts standing at 68.74 million lei, according to the website of the energy exchange OPCOM.The transactions took place on the Centralized Platform of Bilateral Contracts, managed by Romania's gas and electricity market. The company ...
PM Ponta: Government in favour of European Union of Energy
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Romania supports the proposal of creating a European Union of Energy, meaning 28 European countries with a single policy on the price of energy imported from Russia, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Monday after he attended the opening of the 45th WTCA General Assembly - 'Shaping Global Growth.''I think that hosting in Bucharest the 45th General Assembly of the World ...
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Romania cooperate to ensure energy security of region
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Azerbaijan, Turkey and Romania are cooperating to ensure the energy security of the region through all the projects planned and implemented, said SOCAR Romania general manager Hamza Karimov.'Through all the projects planned and implemented, namely the Trans Adriatic Pipeline ...
Nuclearelectrica and China General Nuclear Power Corporation signed extension to intent letter regarding reactors 3, 4
Thursday, May 1, 2014
State-owned energy producer Nuclearelectrica SA and Chinese company China General Nuclear Power Corporation on Friday signed an additional act through which the validity period of the intent letter signed in November 2013 is extend until December 31, 2014, according to a press release by Nuclearelectrica.The letter of intent signed by the two parties set down the framework for cooperation in regards to the project development, the press release also ...
Oettinger: EU partnership with Gazprom must continue; but by reducing dependence on Russia
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The partnership between the European Union and Gazprom regarding gas imports must continue, but it is necessary to reduce the dependence on Russia and identify alternative sources of supply, said on Friday European Commissioner for Energy, Gunther Oettinger, currently in Bucharest. 'Gazprom and Russia are partners of the European Union, and this partnership must continue and will continue. We've begun the partnership in the 1960s, ...
Six projects for Romania as part of LIFE+ programme co-funded by EU by 4.9 M euros
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The European Commission on Wednesday approved 4.9 million euros worth of funding for six projects to be conducted by Romania as part of LIFE+ programme - the EU environmental fund, the Commission announced in a release.The first project has been approved as part of LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance; it is worth 0.5 million euros and is aimed at a project conducted by Bucharest City hall. The project's main objective is to demonstrate specific methods for ...
Tulcea, between windmills of old and green industry of unconventional energy
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The windmills in Dobrogea were first mentioned in 1585, the windmills having been widespread in the region and having endured in time, due to the climate conditions here.Used to process cereals and salt, the windmills in the north of Dobrogea represented at the end of the 19th century and in the beginning of the next century 88 per cent of the total traditional installations in the county, the ones with plank blades being specific to this area. At present, the ...
The minister of the environment: mining could not be limited for the local community to work places
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Mining, from the point of view of benefits for the local communities, cannot be limited to work places, as there is an impact on the environment at the local level, the minister of environment Attila Korod says, in an interview offered to Mediafax. Minister Attila Korodi at the third mandate as the leader of the ministry of ...
Gazprom could participate in the building of a oil pipeline between Pitesti and Pancevo (Serbia)
Thursday, April 24, 2014
The Department for Energy analyses the participation of the Serbian company NIS Gazprom Neft, owned by the Russian group Gazprom, at the construction of an oil pipeline between Pitesti and Pancevo (Serbia) which should interconnect the grids for oil transport between Romania and ...
Petrom to sell natural gas of 19 mln lei on OPCOM
Thursday, April 24, 2014
OMV Petrom has launched on the natural gas exchange platform OPCOM a sale offer for 212,000 MWh of natural gas, with the starting price of 90.5 lei per MWh, according to the OPCOM website.The bidding will be held on Monday, April 28.The delivery period is June 1 to June 30, and the natural gas amount is divided into eight contracts of 26,500 MWh each.Petrom informs that this amount of natural gas comes from the ...
EC approves over 74 million euro co-funding for decontamination project in Romania
Thursday, April 24, 2014
The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday approved a 74.3 million investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the decontamination of several oil polluted sites of several counties of Romania, informs a EC release.The EC executive believes that, through this project, Romania will manage to observe the environment-related obligations, the investment going to contribute to solving some serious environment and pollution ...
Romanian power consumption down 5 pct in 2013 to 49.6 TWh
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Romania used 49.69 TWh of electric power in 2013, by 5 percent less than in 2012, according to the latest report on the power market released by the National Energy Regulatory Authority.The Romanian domestic consumption totalled 52.36 TWh in 2012.The electricity production shrank nearly 2 percent, from 56.71 TWh to 55.78 TWh.The Romanian power exports more than doubled to 2.47 TWh from merely 1.15 TWh in 2012.At the same time, ...
Major energy consumers to be able to purchase up to 85 pct less green certificates (draft act)
Thursday, April 24, 2014
The major Romanian energy consumers will be able to purchase up to 85 percent less green certificates than they have had to up until now, shows a draft Government Resolution put to public debate by the Economy Ministry.According to a ministry release, the consumers the energy costs of which account for more than 20 percent of the overall costs will be exempted from the payment of 85 percent of the green certificates. Those consumers with energy ...
Romgaz filed legal action against Elcen to recover RON 240 million in debt
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Romania’s state-run natural gas producer Romgaz filed legal action against electricity and thermal power producer Electrocentrale Bucuresti (ELCEN) to recover debts worth RON 240.3 million, mainly representing penalties for unpaid natural gas delivered by the gas producer, based on a contract signed in 2003.Outside of penalties, the debt includes RON 9.7 million in interest rates. The subpoena was submitted to the Sibiu ...
Romania, to export one billion euro worth of electricity per year to Albania
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Romanian Economy Minister Constantin Nita and his Albanian counterpart on Wednesday agreed on a contract of one billion euro worth of electricity per year to be exported from Romania to Albania, governmental sources told Agerpres on Thursday.The contract provides the export of a 2.5 TWh electricity volume per year, the aforementioned sources said.According to sources, the contract details, as well as the electricity sources ...
Minister-delegate for Energy requests CSAT decision on future of Public Corporation for Nuclear Activities
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Minister-delegate for Energy Razvan Nicolescu asked Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea to submit to the attention of the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) the latest decisions on the future of the Public Corporation for Nuclear Activities (RAAN), which is a company of strategic interest.\'We developed a plan of action aimed at streamlining and restructuring RAAN, and a plan ahead; we will send the ...
AGRI feasibility study to be ready by mid-2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The feasibility study for the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI) project concerning the transmission of liquefied gas from Azerbaijan to Romania, will be ready in the first half of this year, according to a press release of Romania\'s Economy Ministry (ME). Economy Minister Constantin Nita met on Monday with Azeri Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev, Vitaliy Baylarbayov - member of the AGRI project board, Rovnag Abdullayev, the CEO of ...
Memorandum of Understanding Romania-China regarding cooperation in forestry and wetland protection
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The Romanian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Attila Korodi, on Monday, April 14, being accompanied by the Minister-delegate for Waters, Forests and Fishery, Doina Pana, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Environment, Water, Forests and Fishery in Romania, regarding cooperation in the forestry field, wetland preservation and protection of the wild life, reads a ...