Romania is the largest beneficiary of the Modernization Fund, with 6.77 billion euros collected by the end of 2025
Romania stands out among the main beneficiaries of the Modernization Fund, but also among the countries that have accessed the…
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Court temporarily halts works on Răstolița HPP, a 30 MW, 200 mln. euro project of national importance
Work on a critical green energy infrastructure unit, with a capacity of 30 MW and an investment value of 200…
NGOs support increasing the renewables target in the energy Strategy
WWF-Romania (World Wide Fund for Nature), Declic, Bankwatch and 2Celsius sent the Ministry of Energy a series of observations and…
Bankwatch: EU funds for fossil gas in Poland and Romania contradict climate goals
Poland and Romania have earmarked a combined EUR 2.7 billion in EU public funds for gas expansion, a new report…
Bankwatch: Romania, among the last countries in the EU in terms of renewables per capita
Romania ranks last among EU countries in terms of solar and wind energy per capita, although the European Executive insists…
Bankwatch: 75% of the money allocated by the AFM for renewable energy, lost
The Environmental Fund administration managed to distribute to the population only 25% of the funds it had available for the…
Green NGOs are calling for new protection regulations in offshore oil operations
Environmental organizations Greenpeace, Bankwatch, 2Celsius, WWF and Declic have sent an open letter to members of Parliament regarding the offshore…
Bankwatch: Energy poverty can be fought through long-term solutions
Vulnerable consumers must be supported by government programs dedicated to local energy production and building renovation, Bankwatch Romania Association points…
Bankwatch: Progress in green recovery through PNRR, slowed by investment in fossil fuels
EU Member States’ efforts to target 672 billion euro in recovery and resilience funds to climate action are undermined by…
Environmental organizations call on Gov’t to increase RES target to 40%
The environmental organizations Declic, Bankwatch, Greenpeace and 2Celsius are organizing a protest in front of the Ministry of Energy on…
Bankwatch launches a call for the study on the energy potential in Motru
To support the local authorities in the energy transition by replacing the current inefficient system, Bankwatch Romania Association opens a…
Bankwatch: Coal power plants in Western Balkans kill nearly 19,000 in Europe in the past three years
An estimated 19,000 people have died in the past three years as a result of air pollution from lignite power…
Bankwatch: Romania may still have a coal-fired capacity of 2,100 MW in 2030
In 2020, the installed capacity of coal in the Romanian energy system reached 4,590 MW in eight thermal power plants,…
Bankwatch: PNRR finances only 3.4% of the green investments assumed by Romania until 2030
Bogdan Tudorache An analysis of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan conducted by Bankwatch Romania and Declic with the support…
Environmental organizations are calling for the elimination of gas-based projects
Bogdan Tudorache Energy ministers from EU Member States will meet in Luxembourg on 11 June in the Transport, Telecommunications and…
Bankwatch launches the project “The challenges of the energy transition in Romania”
Bankwatch Romania in partnership with 2Celsius Association launches the project “The challenges of the energy transition in Romania” through which…
Bankwatch: Romania’s renewable potential risks remaining untapped
Currently in Romania there is no coherent support system for the installation of new renewable capacities to support the achievement…
EC recommends Romania to supplement the PNIESC with the help of the Recovery and Resilience Fund
The European Commission considers the Integrated National Plan in the field of Energy and Climate Change proposed by Romania to…
Just Transition Fund: MEPs voted in for financing natural gas
The European Parliament voted yesterday the regulation of the Just Transition Fund worth 17.5 billion euro, which will allow the…
Bankwatch: Citizens can get involved in the management of European funds for environmental protection
Stakeholders, trade unions, employers and non-governmental organizations can get involved in better management of European funds in the period 2021-2027,…
Bankwatch: Decarbonisation must be supported by ambitious funding programs and targets
Bogdan Tudorache Romania needs an integrated plan to use European funds from 2021-2027 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring…
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…
Environmental activists of Declic and Bankwatch have called on ministers of Economy and Environment to shut down coal-fired power plants
The closure of all coal-fired power plants by 2030 was one of the requests submitted by environmental activists to the…