Biomass
Infringement procedure against Romania in waste segment
The European Commission launched the infringement procedures on Wednesday against 14 member states, Romania included, for failing to comply with…
UN: Cost of renewables fell in 2016, lowering global investment
The world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, even as investment in clean energy fell, the United…
BT to buy wind energy worth 230 million deal during the next 15 years
U.K. telecoms operator BT has announced the signing of a new power agreement with a Scottish wind farm. The power purchase…
Renewables break records with more than 2,000 GW in 2016 – IRENA
Last year saw global renewable energy generation capacity increase by 161 gigawatts (GW), the International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, said…
Government adopted amendments to the law renewables
The government approved on Thursday, the Emergency Ordinance for the amending and supplementing Law 220/2008, in a form that the…
PIAROM: An energy strategy is needed for capitalizing on the national resources
The Local Investors Employers (PIAROM) estimates that in 2016 the energy sector was characterized by lack of decision, aspect that…
PIAROM accuses the government of lacking energy decision
The local investors employers’s organization PIAROM requires the Government and Parliament to expedite energy laws, considering “particularly serious the prolonged…
Biomass – the energy promise for environmental issues
The capitalization of biomass as an energy resource seems to be suspended between several decision-making levels (European, national, municipal) and…
Amendments to Renewables Law return into Government attention
Ministry of Energy has posted on its website a new draft emergency ordinance amending the Law 220/2008. These measures return…
ARBIO’s new approach for biomass: The polluter pays, and not the consumer!
There are European directive asking Romania to radically reduce the waste volumes left in landfill, otherwise the penalties can be…
Australia might give up its renewables target
The deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has refused to commit the government to maintain the Renewable Energy Target, after a…
China to invest 361 bln. USD into renewables by 2020
China will plow 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country’s energy agency said on…