Jiu Valley miners’ union asks the Government for the urgent establishment of the Jiu Valley EC
The leaders of the “Muntele” Union from Valea Jiului, which brings together the mining employees from the region, requested the…
Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU power generation
Renewable sources have overtaken coal, oil and gas in EU electricity generation for the first time, new analysis shows. Wind,…
Just Transition fund to exclude nuclear – some hopes for gas yet
On Monday 6 July, the EU Parliament’s Regional Development Committee approved the establishment of the Just Transition Fund (JTF) with…
Government changed the Forestry Code in order to unblock the activity of CE Oltenia
The government amended the Forestry Code by emergency ordinance to facilitate the removal from the forest fund of land necessary…
German lignite exit contract lacks transparency on compensation – think tank
Experts have criticised the lack of transparency in the contract between lignite operators and the German state, presented by the…
Germany will offer more than 4 bln. euro to closing lignite operators
Germany is one step closer to finalising legislation on the planned coal exit by 2038 at the latest, as the…
CfD for renewables, nuclear, power storage and CCUS in Romania
Romanian Government approved the general principles regarding the implementation of Contracts for Difference. This opens the way for the Ministry…
Nicolescu (Deloitte): There is a lot of talk about closing coal mines, but there are solutions for capturing and storing emissions
Closure of coal mines is under European debate, but there are solutions for this coal to be absolutely environmentally neutral,…
Hunedoara Energy Complex’ insolvency complicates a major investment of Romgaz
The insolvency of the coal-fired energy producer Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH), wholly owned by the Romanian state through the Ministry…
Miners could organize new protests in Bucharest
Miners are threatening to protest in Bucharest after Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said all coal groups would be closed. Manu…
Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years
Solar, wind and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time…
The transition of mining areas affected by the gradual elimination of coal would cost Romania 700 million euro
Romania needs 700 million euro for the transition of mining areas affected by the gradual elimination of coal from the…
Lignite phase-out in SEE countries: the later it happens, the more it costs
A total of 3.7 billion EUR for regional development would secure a just transition for coal phase-out in three SEE…
CE Oltenia employees will enter gradually technical unemployment
The approximately 13,000 employees of the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) will enter into technical unemployment, gradually, from April 13 until…
Investors urge Finnish utility to drop support for new German coal plant
Eight European financial institutions have criticised the Finnish state-owned utility Fortum for endorsing the opening of the German coal-fired Datteln…
CE Oltenia will enter restructuring with a new management
Bogdan Tudorache The Supervisory Board of the CE Oltenia could decide at the meeting at the end of March to…
Germany: Coal electricity production fell 23% in Q4, green up 6%
Bogdan Tudorache In the fourth quarter of 2019, a total of 141 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced and fed…
Temenuzhka Petkova: Bulgaria will continue to rely on its coal plants
Bulgaria does not give up its coal plants, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on February 24 after a meeting with…
The net average wage in the extractive industry has gained over 50% last year
Workers in extractive, construction and other non-metallic mineral products (including glass, clay, ceramic, porcelain, concrete, cement and plaster) have been…
Activists occupy German coal plant site Datteln 4 in green protest
More than 100 environmentalist activists occupied the site of the yet-to-be commissioned Datteln 4 coal fired power plant in western…
Meridian: Introduction of Roşia Montană in UNESCO aims to block Europe’s largest gold and silver resource
The registration of Roşia Montană in UNESCO’s heritage sites lists does not aim to save it, but to block the…
CE Oltenia sells below cost to secure the market share and to keep prices down
UPDATE January 28 Few hours after we published this article, information emerged that Sorin Boza was replaced from the position of…
Germany’s RWE to cut one in three jobs in $2.9 bln coal exit deal
RWE, Germany’s biggest power producer, will cut about 6,000 jobs, or nearly a third of its current workforce, by 2030…