Few EU countries plan to trade renewable energy (18-03-2010)

Only five EU member states are planning to buy renewable energy from other countries, while the EU as a whole is on track to exceed its Full story

Direct natural gas imports from Russia, likely to start in 2012 (18-03-2010)

Romania might import natural gas, directly from Russia, namely without any intermediary, in two-year time, after the vice-president of the Russian Gazprom gas supplier announced he Full story


Romania's CO2 certificates of interest for other countries (18-03-2010)

Minister of Environment and Forestry Borbely Laszlo told a press conference in Sovata (north-west of Bucharest) on Friday that Romania is conducting negotiations with three countries Full story

INS: Romania's electricity consumption, up 2pc in January (18-03-2010)

Final electricity consumption in Romania stood at 4.484 billion KWh as of end-January 2010, up 2 percent from the similar month of the year before, according Full story


Reuters: Gabriel Resources Q4 loss wider than estimates (18-03-2010)

Gabriel Resources Ltd (GBU.TO) reported a quarterly loss that was wider than analysts' estimates and said it requires about $1 billion to complete its high-potential Rosia Full story

New chief executive at Nabucco Gas Pipeline (18-03-2010)

Vlad Pavlovschi has been appointed as chief executive of Nabucco Gas Pipeline SRL, after stepping down as head of Design and Research from the state-run gas Full story

PM: Romanian Energy Watchdog’s Policy Is To Keep Gas Price Unchanged This Year (18-03-2010)

The policy of Romania’s energy regulatory authority ANRE is to keep gas prices unchanged for the whole year, and the government did not receive so far Full story

Energy and natural gas to be elements of economic re-launch in 2010 (18-03-2010)

The energy and the natural gas will be important elements of the economic re-launch in 2010, Economy Commerce and Business Environment Minister Adriean Videanu said on Full story

National Coal Company in Petrosani starts dismissing 1,600 employees (18-03-2010)

The National Coal Company (CNH) in Petrosani, Hunedoara County (central Romania), on Thursday started a programme that provides the dismissal of 1,600 employees. The collective dismissals Full story

EBRD: Romania's energy intensity is 1.5 times greater than European average (18-03-2010)

Romania's energy intensity is 1.5 times greater than the average in the European Union, the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Office in Full story

Romania's CEZ Distributie To Cut 110 Jobs In ’10 (18-03-2010)

Romanian electricity distributor CEZ Distributie will cut 110 jobs in 2010, representing over 7% of the staff, the company’s general manager Doina Vornicu told MEDIAFAX Tuesday. Full story

Environment Partnership of the Black Sea Synergy launched in Brussels (18-03-2010)

An Environment Partnership of the Black Sea Synergy was launched on this Tuesday in Brussels at a news conference organised by the European Commission. The Environment Full story

France might participate in building new Romanian nuclear power plant (18-03-2010)

France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon is to pay an official visit to Bucharest, soon, and he might announce on the occasion, the participation of his country Full story

CNP: Energy resources domestic consumption amounts to 35.89 million toe in 2010 (11-03-2010)

The energy resources domestic consumption is estimated for 2010 at 35.890 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), down by 0.2 percent compared to 2009, when it Full story

CNP: Volume of primary energy resources almost 42 M toe in 2010 (11-03-2010)

The volume of primary energy resources will reach 41.76 million toe in 2010, up 0.6 percent compared to last year, according to energy balance forecast for Full story

West worries about Russia turning to coal (11-03-2010)

European efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions could be undermined by Russian plans to dramatically increase energy production from coal, Western experts said in Brussels Monday (9 Full story

Romania's exports of primary energy resources to grow 6.4 p.c. (11-03-2010)

Romania's exports of primary energy resources will grow by 6.4 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, and are expected to attain 4.15 million tones of oil Full story

225 mln euros to be invested to supply 100,000 households with electricity (11-03-2010)

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment will invest roughly 225 million euros, over 2010-2012, to supply 100,000 households in Romania with electricity, Premier Emil Full story

EU throws €2.3bn at gas, power connections (11-03-2010)

The European Commission cleared €2.3 billion from the EU's five-billion euro economic stimulus package to help finance 43 pipeline and electricity projects. The decision granted Full story

Four energy projects Romania participates in, among which Nabucco, selected by EC for (11-03-2010)

Romania is involved in four of the 43 major energy projects on Thursday chosen by the European Commission (EC) for funding, among which the Nabucco, a Full story