The government gave in to the pressures of miners trapped underground for 12 days
Bogdan Tudorache The miners from Uricani and Paroșeni were blocked 12 days underground and they gave up the strike only…
D. Cimpean: EC Hunedoara will go into insolvency, Ordinance 60 will save the complex
Bogdan Tudorache The court has postponed today (Thursday, November 14) the decision on the insolvency of CE Hunedoara, but this…
Among the first Emergency Ordinances of the new Government: Guaranteeing compensatory payments for the miners from the Jiu Valley
The new prime minister, Ludovic Orban, announced on Monday evening that one of the first Ordinances to be approved by…
The court rejects the CE Hunedoara insolvency; the state can swap debt to equity
Bogdan Tudorache Following the adoption by the Deputies of the law of debt-to-equity swap for coal and thermal energy companies,…
Germany allows new coal plant to enter service despite phase-out
German utility Uniper has been given the green light to start commercial operations at its new 1.5-billion-euro Datteln 4 coal-fired…
The second day of protest for miners trapped underground in Paroșeni brings in some concessions
Bogdan Tudorache The miners from the Paroşeni and Uricani exploitations continued Tuesday, for the second day in a row, the…
The Chamber of Deputies approved the ordinance that provides for the debt write-off for thermal and coal
On Tuesday, the Chamber of Deputies approved the ordinance which stipulates the extinction of some fiscal and budgetary obligations of…
Protests of the miners in the Jiu Valley – nearly 300 could be laid-off
The miners from the Paroseni and Uricani coal mines in the Jiu Valley sparked a spontaneous protest on Monday and…
EU state aid rules could frustrate German coal plant operators’ compensation hopes – NGO
Bogdan Tudorache Compensating German coal plant operators for taking their facilities off the grid during the country’s coal exit could…
CE Hunedoara goes into insolvency, Valea Jiului Energy Complex appears
Bogdan Tudorache A final sentence of the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal opens the possibility of insolvency of the Hunedoara…
Chiriţoiu: We can find a solution to subsidize the CEO activity
The merger between Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) and Hidroelectrica is based on a “naive” idea, said the president of the…
FP: Merger with CE Oltenia would only reduce the performance of Hidroelectrica
Bogdan Tudorache An eventual merger of the CE Oltenia with Hidroelectrica would affect the performance of the hydro energy producing…
Poland defies Brussels by vowing to stick to coal
Poland plans to prioritise curbing its reliance on Russian energy — and so continuing its dependence on coal — over…
Sorin Boza supports the joint statement made at the Warsaw Energy Summit
Bogdan Tudorache The statement of the Warsaw summit is “a great step forward for all coal-producing countries”, says CE Oltenia…
Germany’s largest lignite company RWE says it will be carbon neutral by 2040
Europe’s biggest CO2 polluter, RWE, aims to become carbon neutral within 20 years as it shuts its coal power plants…
Virgil Popescu: Redemption of FP shares in CE Oltenia and Hidroelectrica would cost over 1 bln. euro
The possible merger between Hidroelectrica and the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO), announced Monday by the authorities, was blamed by Virgil…
Government intends to promote a support scheme for the CE Oltenia
The Government intends to promote a support scheme for the CE Oltenia (CEO), whereby, for ten years, all Romanian consumers…
The energy transition could create in the Jiu Valley about 3,000 jobs
Bogdan Tudorache The organizations Greenpeace Romania and Bankwatch Romania have launched the report “Fair transition in Hunedoara – Economic diversification,…
Court orders operations at German coal mine halted over environmental concerns
A major lignite (brown coal) mine in eastern Germany will have to halt regular operation on 1 September after a…
CE Hunedoara shuts down Mintia power plant for 12 days, accuses poor railway infrastructure
The Mintia power plant will be closed for 12 days, between August 23 and September 3. The management of the…
CE Oltenia: Gross profit up 438%
On July 30, 2019, the Oltenia Energy Complex registered a gross profit of 188.98 million lei (+438%) and a turnover…
Funds for structural change in German coal regions in dispute
Federal finance minister Olaf Scholz has ignited doubts about where a promised 40 billion euros of support for German regions…
Agora Energiewende: Germany’s coal phase-out, very little impact on pricing
Germany’s coal phase-out and the continued rollout of renewables will only have “very little” impact on electricity prices, according to…