German lawmakers agree to raise planned CO2 price for buildings, transport
German lawmakers have reached a preliminary agreement to raise the planned CO2 price for the buildings and transport sectors. The…
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On Friday the government presented the amendments to GEO 114
On Friday, at the government meeting, the ordinance providing for the amendments made to GEO 114 was read, which includes…
CCR has postponed the ruling in the case of Marian Neacșu’s incompatibility in the management of ANRE
The Constitutional Court of Romania has postponed for the fifth time the ruling on the complaint filed by the USR…
Romania, among the EU countries with the lowest consumption and GDP per capita
Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia and Romania last year had the lowest effective individual consumption (AIC) per capita expressed in standard purchasing…
Dăianu: Romania’s problem is to not get out of the capital markets
Romania’s problem is not to get out of the capital markets, and if we face a situation similar to the…
Europe sets the tone in the fight against climate change
Europe needs around EUR 180 bln in extra yearly investment to meet the EU 2030 targets on climate change. According…
Former head of Transelectrica, sent to court in custody
Prosecutors within the Criminal and Criminal Prosecution Section of the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and…
Nicolescu: The share of fossil fuels in world energy production has decreased by just 1% in the last ten years
Fossil fuels still have a huge share of 80% in the global energy production mix, down by only one percentage…
EU states, including Romania, reject green finance law, in setback for climate goals
European Union states have rejected a set of rules governing which financial products can be called “green” and “sustainable”, an…
Bosch CEO: German car industry sees itself threatened by stricter CO2 limits, aid needed
German car industry sees itself threatened by stricter CO2 limits planned by the European Commission, Volkmar Denner, head of German…
ArcelorMittal Hunedoara suspends production due to energy price
Bogdan Tudorache ArcelorMittal announces with regret that it is temporarily stopping production at its Hunedoara steel plant, part of the…
Investors are increasingly focusing on investments in energy-efficient and sustainable companies and projects
More and more investors are targeting companies that promote sustainability, on issues such as climate change, energy efficiency, environmental protection…
EC approved 3.2 bln. euro state aid for a pan-European battery innovation project
European Commission approved, in accordance with EU State aid rules, a major project of common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified…
Net investments made in the national economy, increasing by almost 19%
Net investments made in the national economy in the first nine months of the current year amounted to 67.139 billion…
MET Energy Holding plans billion-euro M&A deals in Europe: CEO
Swiss-based MET Energy plans to expand rapidly in Europe over the next three years via acquisitions worth at least 1…
Linking of Switzerland to the EU emissions trading system – into force on January
Bogdan Tudorache On 1 January 2020, Switzerland will become the first country to successfully link its greenhouse gas emissions trading…
Niculae Havrileţ, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy; Sevil Shhaideh, released from office
Bogdan Tudorache Niculae Havrileţ was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Business Environment, by a decision…
Ministry of the Environment wants to increase by 23% the contributions for water resources management
The Ministry of the Environment wants to increase by 23% the specific contributions of the management of the water resources…
The CE program for clean energy start-ups InnoEnergy Primer starts in January
Start-ups that develop products or services in the fields of clean energy, smart city, mobility, smart electricity networks and nuclear…
EU could ban dirty battery imports
Batteries that do not meet rigorous green standards could be banned from the European market, Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič warned…
Deutsche Bank: E-mobility remains very expensive for CO₂ elimination
Electric passenger cars are being given too much focus as a way of reducing carbon emissions, analysts at Deutsche Bank…
Germany will cancel EU ETS allowances in framework of coal exit – state sec
Excess emissions allowances resulting from Germany’s coal phase-out will be cancelled from the EU’s emissions trading system ETS if they…
Sweden will use 40% of the waste next year to generate electricity
Bogdan Tudorache The target of the Swedish Government for 2020 is to use 50% of food waste as natural fertilizer,…