General Interest
OECD urges countries to tax more the dirty energy
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has encouraged governments to start taxing CO2 emissions more aggressively, in a…
ExpoEnergiE 2018 – The Event of the Energy Industry Specialists
ExpoEnergiE – International trade fair for renewable energy, conventional energy, equipment and technologies for the oil and natural gas industry takes…
FP salutes CCR’s decision on corporate governance, looks to sell Enel and E.On subsidiaries
Fondul Proprietatea salutes the Romanian Constitutuional Court’s (CCR) decision given on Tuesday against the changes to the corprate governance, as…
Fighting energy poverty through integrated upgrading of public buildings (analysis by Andrei Ceclan)
Andrei Ceclan, Doctor Engineer, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca We use energy in buildings for conditioning the indoor microclimate in such…
Trump “energy dominance” policy pits Washington against Moscow
Last July, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in Warsaw and promised to help wean…
EBC – Cybersecurity: Change mindset first, then action fast
Need, obligation, scarecrow, but above all a large field to discover and comprehend – this is cybersecurity today for companies…
Romanian Prognosis Commission revised the projection of GDP growth in 2018 to 6.1%
Romanian Prognosis Commission revised the projection of GDP growth in 2018 to 6.1% The National Prognosis Commission in Romania (CNP)…
Dow Jones closed down almost 1,200 points; Asia was also in red today
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 1,175 points on Monday, it’s largest point-drop in history, and its worst day in…
Vestas to acquire Utopus Insights, an energy analytics company, for 100 mln. USD
Vestas has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Utopus Insights, Inc., an energy analytics provider with 15 years…
Cybersecurity: next level for protecting the energy sector
Cristian Pîrvulescu, CEO Enevo Group Industry, utilities and critical infrastructure facilities like the ones in the energy sector rely heavily…
Andrei Covatariu, the first Romanian part of the FEL-100 Board
One year after being selected as part of the Future Energy Leaders (FEL) 100 global community – a program designed…
3 ideas sprang out from the UE Energy Poverty Observatory online portal
The European Commission has officially launched on January 29 a portal dedicated to energy poverty, an online aggregator of statistical…
Diesel driving bans loom for 10 German cities – study
Ten German cities considerably exceed EU nitrogen oxide (NOx) limits, making diesel driving bans more likely in 2018, according to…
Dumitrașcu: Unbundling is misunderstood in the new gov’t program
The new governance program takes over the ideas of the old program, including the creation of a National Development Fund…
Ex-Deutsche Bank prop trader seeks $500 million for energy raids
Angelo Moskov, a former proprietary trader at Deutsche Bank AG turned activist investor, spent two years locked in a bitter…