General Interest
OPCOM and BVB to cooperate as central counterparty is in sight
The Operator of the Romanian Electricity and Gas Markets OPCOM and the Bucharest Stock Exchange – BVB plan to collaborate…
Carbon pricing dropped from new Franco-German treaty
France and Germany will cement their historic post-war reconciliation with the signing of a new Elysée treaty on Tuesday (22…
CNIPMMR asks the Presidency to bring the discussion on energy security in the Supreme Council of National Defence
The National Council of Small and Medium Sized Private Enterprises in Romania – CNIPMMR rejects the over taxation measures introduced…
Brexit: Losing energy links to Europe after no-deal will cost UK more than £2bn every year, experts warn
After string of nuclear power failures, leaving EU could compromise nation’s ability to share clean electricity with European nations. A no-deal…
Chaotic Brexit getting ‘dangerously close’: German business group
Germany’s BDI business group said Thursday it fears a “chaotic Brexit” is “dangerously close,” and warned that such an outcome…
GEO 114/2018 begins to shake under the reality check
Almost one month after the adoption of OUG 114/2018, the main opposition party calls for the urgent abrogation of the…
Iberdrola uses blockchain to ensure renewable energy supply
Major utility provider Iberdrola has used blockchain technology to “guarantee” that the energy it supplies to its customers comes from…
Clean Energy Accelerates As Global Investment Hits USD 428 Billion
While the 2018 figure is down 8% on 2017, the collapse in capital costs for wind and solar power suggest…
Shell teams up with Dutch pension fund to bid for Eneco
Royal Dutch Shell and Dutch pension fund manager PGGM are considering a joint bid for Dutch energy company Eneco, which…
Germany struggles with dirty energy in climate change battle
Germany has mined and burnt lignite for hundreds of years and has the physical scars to show for it. From…
UK government sets outs mediocre support for small-scale renewable energy generators
The UK Government on Tuesday finally proposed what amounts to relatively mediocre guidelines intended to support the development of small-scale…
IRENA: Energy transition will see geopolitical “winners and losers”
The International Renewable Energy Agency has plotted the potentially dramatic impacts of a global transition to renewable energy from fossil…
Great opportunities for the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU (Julian Popov)
Julian Popov, ECF Fellow ECF Fellow Julian Popov was one the keynote speakers at the 2018 energynomics Awards Gala. This…
Carriers today call for cancellation of the Mobility Package before the EC Representation in Bucharest
The Romanian Union of Romanian Road Traffic Unions (UNTRR) scheduled today (11 January) a protest in front of the European…