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…
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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,…
Zoltan Nagy-Bege: ANRE is ready to implement any measure of transition in the energy market after repealing the ordinance 114
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) is ready to implement any transitional measures that will be taken by the Government…
V. Popescu: Gov’t will assume responsibility for the modification of the Ordinance 114 in the next 2 weeks
The government will assume responsibility for amending Ordinance 114 in the next 2 to 3 weeks, so that by the…
Romania, among the EU countries with average economic growth in Q3
Romania was among the states of the European Union with an average economic growth in the third quarter (Q3) of…
Energy taxation: European Council calls for an updated framework contributing to a climate neutral EU
The Council adopted conclusions on the EU energy taxation framework. Conclusions are a direct response to the European Council’s call…
Schneider Electric services dedicated to data centers improve operational efficiency by up to 15%
Schneider Electric expands its portfolio of data center solutions by introducing improved and digitalized versions of its offerings, dedicated to…
The EU will not achieve its environmental goals set for 2020, warns the EEA
The European Union will not reach its environmental goals set for 2020 but can do so in 2030 and 2050…
Dieselgate: Searches at Volkswagen headquarters
Prosecutors in Germany on Tuesday searched Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg headquarters in the latest Dieselgate investigation, reports Reuters. Prosecutors said that documents…
ANRE collected 606 million lei from the tax established by GEO 114
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has so far collected 606 million lei from the contribution of 2% of the…
Romanians and Italians, most concerned about climate change
Bogdan Tudorache More and more Europeans – respectively almost half of the population of ten European countries – feel they…
ANRE has put up in public debate the draft Order that would introduce the PPAs and the aggregation
Bogdan Tudorache The transposition into the national legislation of the Directive 943 of the European Union will bring – under…