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Romania needs exploration and exploitation of shale gas in national energy strategy ( expert)
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The exploration and exploitation of the shale gas should start immediately and we could talk about a viable energy strategy for Romania for a long period of time, stated in a conference Niculae Napoleon Antonescu professor and honorary dean of the Oil and Gas University in Ploiesti. “ We cannot talk about an energy strategy of Romania without thinking of putting to value the ...
Almost 2,200 tons uranium used at the Nuclear Fuel Factory in Pitesti
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The factory for Nuclear Fuel Pitesti made, after 19 years of activity the fuel unit number 120,000 capacity which includes almost 2,265 tons of natural uranium, according to a press release sent on Monday by the Nuclearelectrica. The energy contained in the 120,000 units is the equivalent of that produced by 264 million tons of brown coal, 133 million tons of energy coal or 38 million tons of ...
The government opts for the association with an investor who could finance the Cupru Min with a minimum of 40-50 million euro
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The government approved recently a memorandum referring to the situation of Cupru Min and opted for association with an investor who, depending on the profile of the activity, would ensure financial resources, either offer technological infrastructure, stated the minister of economy Varujan Vosganian.“The second formula was agreed upon, for several reasons. One of the reasons is that ...
Metes ( Nuclearelectrica): Units 3 and 4 in Cernavoda will not start working before 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Units 3 and 4 in Cernavoda will not be put to work before 2019 if they continue their building, and they would function for 40 years, Mircea Metes head engineer in the department for electricity trading in Nuclearelectrica said. “ We sincerely believe that there is interest and we could find investors who could take into consideration what is going to happen next. Units 3 and 4 if their ...
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture stand for 15 pct of total emissions in Romania
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture represent almost 15 percent of Romania's (GHG) emissions, percentage within the average figures of the EU Member States, Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes (MMSC) State Secretary Elena Dumitru told a forum on agriculture, on Tuesday. 'An agriculture developed on ecological bases ...
President Basescu wants Romania to be a regional hub for ExxonMobil and OMV-Petrom in the Black Sea area
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday welcomed at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace a delegation from consortium made of US-based ExxonMobil and OMV-Petrom companies, occasion on which he suggested Romania may become a regional hub for the operations of these two companies in the Black Sea area,' operations in the Black Sea Area.According to a press release of the Presidential ...
l REC is installing an 8 MW solar power plant in Romania
Thursday, March 14, 2013
REC has acquired the project rights of an 8 MW solar park in the north of Bucharest, Romania and has started construction at the end of January 2013. Romania is a very promising emerging market for solar electricity investments due to very good radiation levels and a stable regulatory incentive framework ...
Havrilet (ANRE): After deregulation, annual rise in household electricity fee 2 pct at the most
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The household electricity fee will not rise by more than two percent a year in Romania, after the deregulation of end-user prices, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Nicolae Havrilet told a conference on the domestic market energy efficiency.'Romania will not have difficulties with the transposition of European provisions and IMF requirements on the energy market. This is just about a ...
French companies are interested in energy sector of Romania
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Public Finance Minister and Vice Prime Minister Daniel Chitoiu on Tuesday met France Ambassador in Bucharest Phillipe Gustin, to analyse the development potential of the bilateral economic relations, points out a Public Finance Ministry (MFP) release.The two dignitaries identified the energy sector as being an interest area both for the French companies and for the Romanian state, which ...
Advanced discussions for Romania's accession to energy trilateral Hungary-Czech Republic-Slovakia
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Romania is in advanced discussions with Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to join the energy 'trilateral', to interconnect to the European energy system, said on Tuesday Alexandru Sandulescu, director in the Ministry of Economy, on the occasion of a conference on the energy domestic market efficiency at the level of the European Union, organized by the EC Representation in ...
Canadian company discovers significant copper reserves in Rovina area, Hunedoara County
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A Canadian company discovered significant copper and gold reserves in the northern part of Hunedoara County (western Romania), according to the estimations made by specialists the ore potential being of over 100 tonnes of gold and 100,000 tonnes of copper, Hunedoara County Prefect Sorin Vasilescu announced on Monday.The ore is in an area limited by the communes of Buces, Bucuresci and ...
Minister Nita: We will step in at Hidroserv after coming out of insolvency
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Minister-delegate for Energy Constantin Nita said Monday in Drobeta Turnu Severin that for the time being the Government could not interfere to ease tensions at the Hidroserv water power station services companies or subsidise a programme for its recovery.'We will be allowed to step in only after Hidroserv has come out of insolvency,' Nita told Agerpres.He added that decisions regarding the fate of the company ...
Romania needs to know what its unconventional gas resources are (U.S. Embassy official)
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Romania needs to know what its unconventional gas resources are, but a balance is needed between investments in this sector and environmental aspects, representative of the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest Duane Butcher told a conference on unconventional gas resources on Monday organized by the Atlantic Council and the Romanian ...
Vasile Blaga (PDL) supports investments in mining at Rosia Montana
Thursday, March 14, 2013
President of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL, in opposition), Vasile Blaga said, on Friday, in Deva (northwest of Bucharest), that he supports the mining exploitation project at Rosia Montana, noting that it's about investments the people in the area want and that there is no hazard for environment.'We have permanently supported, I personally, but also PDL, the project in Rosia ...
Production of net coal, down 8.8pct in January
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Romania's production of net coal amounted in January 2013 to 512,100 tons of oil equivalent (toe), by 8.8 per cent (49,600 toe) lower compared to that in the first month of last year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).In January, Romania imported 47,500 toe of net coal, by 30,300 toe (38.9 per cent) lower compared to the amount imported in ...
Gas imports increase by 71.8 percent in January
Thursday, March 14, 2013
In January 2013 Romania imported 219,400 toe natural gas, by 71.8 percent (91,700 toe) more than in the similar time span of 2012, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics. In the first month of this year the domestic production of natural gas totalled 756,600 toe, by 12,500 toe (1.6 percent) smaller than the one in the similar time span of ...
Crude imports go down by 24.6 percent in 2012
Thursday, March 14, 2013
In January 2013 Romania imported 363,800 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), by 119,000 toe (24.6 percent) less than in the same time span of last year, according to the data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics. The crude production amounted to 324,200 toe in January 2013 and was by 2.1 percent (7,000 toe) smaller than the one in the first month of 2012.According ...
Statistics: Romania's primary energy resources decline 4.6 pct in January 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Romania's primary energy resources declined 4.6 percent in January 2013 compared with January 2012, reveal provisional data released by the National Statistics Institute (INS) on Thursday.The main primary energy resources in January 2013 amounted to 2.673 million tonnes oil equivalent (toe), down 129,900 toe from January 2012. 2011.Domestic production amounted to 1.933 million toe, down 2.6 percent, ...
Romania, Ireland to cooperate on waste management
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Romanian and Irish authorities will cooperate in the waste management sector, the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMSC) informed on Thursday in a press release.According to the above-quoted source, Environment Minister Rovana Plumb on Wednesday in Dublin had a working meeting with her Irish counterpart Phil Hogan. Among the priorities featuring the ...
World Bank Calls for Global Initiative to Scale up Geothermal Energy in Developing Countries
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The World Bank in a release on Wednesday announced a major international effort to expand renewable power generation in developing countries by tapping an underutilized resource: geothermal energy. ...