The Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, approved the ministerial order for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme: “We are launching the first tender within the CfD scheme, which will support the development of photovoltaic projects with a capacity of 500 MW and onshore wind projects of 1,000 MW” , the Ministry of Energy says in […]
The wind-photovoltaic hybrid park owned and operated by the Engie group at Gemenele in Brăila County has started tests. It is the first unit of its kind in Engie’s renewables portfolio in Romania and, at the same time, the largest hybrid park in Romania completed to date. Engie installed in the town of Gemenele, where […]
In 2021, CEF Energy was extended with a cross-border renewable energy (CB RES) window. The scope of the CB RES programme covers renewable energy projects that involve a physical or non-physical cross-border cooperation between EU Members States, but also Member States and non-EU countries. A CB RES project shall contribute to the generation of renewable energy […]
The Commission adopted 4 guidance documents to support EU countries’ work in transposing and implementing the revised directives on renewable energy and energy efficiency into national law. As outlined in the ‘Accele-RES’ initiative, this package will support national administrations by providing clarity on the more complex elements of the new legislation and give a common basis for […]
Engie Romania, the company that controls the largest gas distribution and supply companies, but is expanding into renewables, is absorbing several companies in the wind and photovoltaic sector that it had bought in the past, according to data from the Official Gazette. Engie is absorbing the Helios Development Project, Solar Development Project, Piramida Soarelui and […]
The Visual Fan company, through the division specialized in green energy solutions, Allview Solar Energy, in association with Waldevar Energy, announces the signing of the contract with Autoliv Romania – world leader in the production of car safety systems, for the implementation of a Full EPC project with a capacity of 5.7 MW. The Full […]
The Spanish renewable energy company Grenergy has already collected all the funding sources for the first two phases of the world’s largest battery project – Oasis in Atacama, in the Chilean region of the same name, reports the Spanish daily “Cinco Dias”, quoted by Agerpres. The financing, of 345 million dollars (319 million euros), is […]
Gaining access to the electricity grid is currently the number one roadblock to large-scale renewable energy deployment. Across Europe, hundreds of gigawatts of wind power projects have applied for a grid connection permit and are still awaiting a response. The “queue” that has formed to connect to the grid has led to an administrative overload […]
Transelectrica has recently developed an analysis regarding the need to introduce energy storage into the energy system, where there is also a chapter dedicated to the operation of wind and photovoltaic parks in the last five years in Romania The conclusion of the figures presented by Transelectrica is that, in Romania, wind power plants had, […]
Germany’s governing coalition is preparing to overhaul the way renewable energy is subsidized so that producers will receive one-off support for their investments instead of a guaranteed price for the electricity they produce, according to a document drawn up by the Finance Ministry. from Berlin and consulted by Reuters, reports Agerpres. A change in the […]
HELLENiQ Energy, originally an oil company from Greece, but which entered the renewable segment, opened its company in Romania, after buying hundreds of MW of photovoltaic projects in our country. On May 28, the HELLENiQ RES Romania SRL company was established at the Trade Registry, with the main object of activity “activities of holding companies”, […]
Record investments in energy fail to stay on course for the 2030 global renewable energy target, according to EY Romania. Despite an increase in investment last year of $1.8 trillion in green energy, including $660 billion in renewables, investment remains below the level needed to meet the COP28 goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by […]
Genesis Property, one of Romania’s leading office building owners, announces another key step in transitioning to fully renewable energy for all buildings in its portfolio, both the office buildings in the West Gate Business District and YUNITY Park business parks and the West Gate Studios residential buildings within the campus that hosts more than 1,000 […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €32 million, as part of a €291 million financing package, to build and operate a 192 MW onshore wind farm in Romania, the first phase of a large wind farm with total capacity of 461 MW to be built in Buzau region in the southeast of […]