Electricity
Tesla to raise money for car cell factory
Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors, indicated that he is planning to use the electric car company’s soaring share…
EBRD finances GIR by 5 mln. euro, confirms 20% buy in TEL bonds
###author### European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) confirms it bought 20% of the first bond issuance of Transelectrica (TEL),…
Burdensome energy taxes cut Alro profit for 2013
###author### The ”overcompensation” scheme in the renewable energy segment and the burdening tax, combined with an ever-decreasing aluminium price determined…
Transgaz and Transelectrica profits increased last year
National gas transporter Transgaz recorded revenues of 1.55 billion lei (345.2 million euros) in the previous financial year, higher by…
Green energy law published in O.G. in maximum 10 days, the 85% cut – incorrect
###author### The renewable energy draft law suffered only a minor technical amendment and will be published in the Official Gazette…
Sobolewski, Anghel and a ”task force” radically change the stock exchange before the IPOs
###author### After the roadshow in New York , where President Stock Exchange (BSE ), Lucian Anghel, the CEO Ludwik Sobolewski…
PV Modules Were a 30.5 Billion Dollars Market in 2013 (GTM Research study)
After a 20 billion dollars contraction in 2012, global PV module revenues grew by 8 percent in 2013 reaching 30.5…
Arcellor Mittal: The biggest threats for 2014 are the costs of power and gas
Bruno Ribo, CEO of ArcelorMittal Galați, said in an interview for economica.net that in 2014, the greatest threats to the…
Primary energy resources decreased by 9.2% last year, electricity down by 3.2%
Primary energy resources decreased by 9.2 % last year compared to 2012, to 30.95 million tons of oil equivalent (toe)…
Wind Turbines towers market to grow by 60% until 2020, to 19.3 billion USD
With wind power technology gaining increased popularity and institutional support from across the world, the wind turbine towers market is…
Nuclearelectrica estimates a 16 times profit loss for 2014
Nuclearelectrica (SNN ), the sole operator of nuclear power plants in Romania, estimated this year the net profit will fall…
Romanian microhydrocentrals, between illegalities and ecological catastrophe
Green tariffs are driving development in the Southern Carpathian mountains, but with ecological and legal consequences More than 500 ‘micro’…
Global Wind Grows by only 12.5% in 2013; return to big growth in 2014, study finds
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) released its 2013 market statistics, with cumulative global capacity reaching a total of 318,137…