Economics&Markets
ABB opens its first-ever Robotics Center in Romania
ABB inaugurated its training center for robotics, established through public-private partnership with the Polytechnic University in Bucharest, within the Faculty…
EU law is not optional (interview with Angela Cristea, European Commission)
Romania’s accession to the European Union meant an accelerated process of changing legislation, secondary legislation and governance practices in the…
Energy hog Google just bought enough renewables to power its operations for the year
Recently, Google announced that it has purchased a whopping 3 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity — equal to what all…
Alro finalizes new investments in energy efficiency
Alro S.A. announced the completion of new $3.4 million in investments in the areas of energy efficiency, competitiveness and upgrading…
ABB unveiled its single-arm collaborative robot
ABB unveiled its newest collaborative robot, now with a single arm, at the International Robotics Exhibition (iREX) 2017 in Tokyo.…
World needs more than 2.000 CCS plants by 2040
The world must step up deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in order to meet the emissions targets…
Romanian currency continues decline, undermined by tax changes and indictment against head of the ruling party
Romanian currency has reached the weakest exchange rate since August 3, 2012 to date against the euro; with a reference from…
E.ON has supply offers on the platform of the most important online store in Romania – emag.ro
E.ON launched a new channel for household customers in a dedicated section in the eMAG platform. According to the energy…
“Administered” energy prices pressure inflation, C-bank mentions
Short-term inflation will increase, implicitly due to energy prices, according to the National Bank of Romania. ”The uncertainties and risks…
Shell, BP among energy giants to back blockchain trading platform
Several major energy firms are partnering on a new blockchain-based trading platform. BP, Shell and Statoil are backing the platform,…
Liberals prepare a censure motion against the Energy minister
The PNL leadership decided to draft a simple censure motion against the energy minister Toma Petcu, says PNL MP Virgil Popescu, deputy…
Blockchain may bring 30-60% savings for energy companies
Blockchain technology offers cost-saving and process efficiencies for the energy sector that are too compelling to ignore, write Luis Colasante…
New EU car CO2 limits in danger amid German automaker lobbying
While the Dieselgate scandal still roars on, the European Union may be about to water down new CO2 limits for…
Top 250 firms emit third of CO2 – study before Bonn meeting
The world’s 250 biggest listed companies account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions yet few have strong…