French workers vote to halt production at Total’s Grandpuits refinery
French workers voted on Monday to halt production at a key oil facility that supplies Paris and the surrounding region,…
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Three stereotypes of the Romanian energy establishment (Radu Dudău, EPG)
As this article is slated to come out just before the holiday season, it invites to a different kind of…
Aid scheme to support industrial consumers through CO2 emissions certificates
The government approved a draft emergency ordinance establishing a state aid scheme to support industrial consumers in 15 areas through…
Niculae Havrileţ resigned form Romgaz board
Bogdan Tudorache Niculae Havrileţ has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of Romgaz, starting December 9, the…
Germany grants homeowners tax incentives for energy efficient renovations
Following years of failed attempts, Germany will from January 2020 provide homeowners with tax incentives for energy efficient renovations, allowing…
Bodea (Adrem): Raising the minimum wage in construction was a good thing, but not all the customers acknowledged the increase
The increase in the minimum wage in construction and other fiscal facilities granted to the sector were good measures, as…
Bosch and Mercedes-Benz are launching the San José pilot project for the automated on-demand transport service
The joint project of Bosch and Mercedes-Benz for the development of automated management in urban areas has gone to a…
Increasing the price of carbon certificates will result in higher fuel prices
The government led by Angela Merkel and the German Lands have reached an agreement on increasing the price of carbon…
Tesla’s plant in Germany will produce 500,000 electric vehicles a year
Tesla, the American electric car maker, plans to produce 500,000 electric vehicles annually at its new factory, 140 km from…
Climate change could wipe USD 2.3 trillion off global stocks
Policies designed to combat climate change could permanently slash the value of companies around the world by up to USD…
The budget project for 2020 is built on economic growth of 4.1% and a budget deficit of 3.59% of GDP
The budget project for 2020 is built on an economic growth of 4.1%, a budget deficit of 3.59% and an…
V. Popescu: By clearing barriers in Ordinance 114 we want to create free market mechanisms
The authorities want, by removing the barriers brought by GEO 114, to create the free market mechanisms through which the…
ANRE increases electricity distribution tariffs by up to 7.5%
Electricity distribution tariffs, which represent about 30% of the final bill, could increase in the whole country by up to…
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…
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…