It’s official: EC Oltenia receives state aid of 251 million euros, through Ordinance
The Romanian Government approved, in the meeting on Tuesday, the Emergency Ordinance by which the Oltenia Energy Complex receives 1.2…
CE Oltenia: EC received the request for over 250 million euro worth state aid
The Oltenia Energy Complex claims that the requirements regarding the formal transmission of the state aid of approximately 251.5 million…
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…
Boza: There was no actual damage, it is an old document, signed by only one of the four experts, challenged by a criminal complaint
Bogdan Tudorache Sorin Boza, demoted from the position of President of the CE Oltenia Board of Directors, told energynomics.ro that…
ELCEN: City Hall and Termoenergetica do not fulfill their payment obligations
Bucharest City Hall (PMB) and Termoenergetica do not honor their payment obligations assumed although there is money available, a statement…
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…
Romania, among the countries with the biggest problems in utilities’ payment
Nearly 7% of households in the European Union were unable in 2018 to pay their bills on utilities (heat, electricity,…
The population of Oradea continues to connect to the district heating network
Oradea is the only city in Romania where the population is connecting in an upward trend, during the last five…
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…
Havrileț: Target for renewables proposed to EC by Romania – 30.5% for 2030, we will not give up coal
Bogdan Tudorache The target for renewables proposed by Romania to the European Commission for 2030 is of 30.5%, and gas…
EU allocates 7.5 billion euro for mining areas and clean projects
With the European Green Pact (Green Deal), the European Commission will also allocate additional funds for the transition of carbon…
CE Oltenia holds second place among the top Romanian energy producers
In 2019, CE Oltenia produced approximately 12.4 TWh and delivered in the national system over 11 TWh, covering a market…
RWE can expect 2 bln. euro in lignite compensation
German utility RWE can expect around 2 billion euro ($2.22 billion) in compensation over government orders to turn off lignite…
IEA – Coal remains a major fuel, with 40% of generation
Bogdan Tudorache Coal remains a major fuel in global energy systems, accounting for almost 40% of electricity generation and more…
CE Hunedoara has enough coal to stock the winter
The coal stocks of the Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH) amount to about 16,660 tonnes, of which 11,459 tonnes are located…
Climate activists up pressure on Siemens over Australian coal mine contract
Germany’s Fridays for Future student climate protest movement has increased the pressure on engineering conglomerate Siemens for its involvement in…
The government has launched a new program for the reconversion of miners in the Jiu Valley
The government launched on Wednesday a new program of projects regarding the reconversion of the Jiu Valley miners. About two…
The Minister of Economy has sent the Control Body to the Hunedoara Energy Complex
The Minister of Economy, Energy and Business Environment, Virgil Popescu, sent the Control Body to the Hunedoara Energy Complex and…
Uricani and Paroşeni mines enter “greening” program
The Uricani and Paroseni mines from the Jiu Valley are entering the greening program, after they were closed at the…
Boza: CE Oltenia will invest from its own sources 590 million lei in 2020
The Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) has planned for this year investments of 590 million lei (about 123 million euro), from…
Pruna, USR: CE Oltenia and the Black Sea gas need urgent decisions
This year will mark the last chance for CE Oltenia to keep in the future a significant contribution to the…