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ROMANIA / ANRE IS PREPARING A NEW SUPPORT SCHEME FOR RENEWABLES TO START FROM 2021

The National Regulatory Authority for Energy – ANRE is considering introduction of a new support scheme for renewable energy from 2021, the year when the European Commission’s agreement for the current system based on green certificates will expire. Most likely, this will be a premium feed-in system, ANRE Vice President Zoltan Nagy-Bege said at the conference “Optimizing Business in the Photovoltaic Industry”, organized by Photon Energy and energynomics.ro in the Energy Breakfast Club format.

24.04.2018 · ANRE / ROMANIA

GERMANY / GERMAN ENVOY: EU WON’T IMPORT UNSOLVED BILATERAL PROBLEMS / AUTHOR N1 BELGRADE

Axel Dittmann, the German ambassador to Serbia, said the EU did not want to import any unsolved bilateral problem, adding the block was united in its stand that Belgrade – Pristina dialogue should result in an overall normalisation of the relations.

23.04.2018 · SERBIA_ENG / EUROPEAN_COMMISSION'S_REPORT / EU_ENG / GERMANY / KOSOVO_E

SERBIA / SERBIA’S PM: NO SHORTCUTS ON EU PATH / AUTHOR BETA

Ana Brnabic, Serbia’s Prime Minister, said on Monday the country’s journey to the European Union should mean an essential implementation of the bloc’s values, not just their formal fulfilment.

23.04.2018 · SERBIA'S_GOVERNMENT / EU_ENG / EUROPEAN_COMMISSION'S_REPORT / ANA_BRNABIC_ENG

PHOTON ENERGY – PREVENTING FAILURES TO MINIMIZE PRODUCTION AND REVENUE LOSSES

  The existing photovoltaic parks in Romania are required to optimize their activity and to increase the life of their equipment for keeping alive the hope of recovering the investment. At the same time, new investments in photovoltaic power generation systems are required by technological improvements, and for all these experienced partners as well as maintenance, control and monitoring service providers are needed. We spoke about all this with Mr. Lauru Bădiță, O&M România Photon Energy Country Manager, one of the speakers invited in the Energy Breakfast Club event, dedicated to photovoltaic industry on April 24, in Bucharest.   What is the contribution that experts in operation & maintenance can make to overcoming difficulties faced by PV plants owners from Romania?  

22.04.2018 · ROMANIA

115 INDEPENDENT GAS STATIONS ACCEPT ROTTCO SYNERGY CARD, SYNERGY BY ROTTCO APP AVAILABLE ON ANDROID AND IOS

  ROTTCO SYNERGY CARD, the card system launched by ROTTCO under the SYNERGY by ROTTCO project, is currently accepted by 115 independent gas stations, spread over the main road routes across the country, which gives the carriers national level cover.  

22.04.2018 · ROMANIA

MFP: INJECTING ELECTRICITY INTO THE GRID FOR STEADY REVENUES IS AN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

  In a response by the Ministry of Public Finance to Greenpeace Romania, spokesman Cristian Marin placed the institution as a mere executor of the legislation in place, putting in brackets the ministry’s capacity to propose and produce legislative acts. With this reserve, to which I will return at the end, the MFP message is clear and clarifying in several respects.      

22.04.2018 · ROMANIA

PORTUGAL: RENEWABLES COVERED ALL CONSUMPTION NEEDS IN MARCH

  According to new numbers published earlier this month, Portugal’s renewable energy production in March exceeded the country’s electricity consumption for the month, a record not seen in forty years. Earlier this month the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association, APREN, alongside ZERO, Portugal’s Sustainable Earth System Association, highlighted data from Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), the country’s transmission system operator (TSO), that showed electricity produced from renewable energy sources in March exceeded the consumption of mainland Portugal, reaching 4,467 gigawatt-hours (GWh) for the month, or 103.6% of consumption, according to cleantechnica.com.  

22.04.2018 · PORTUGAL

ROMANIAN E-CARS MARKET IS GROWING SLOWLY, YET MATURING FAST (EBC, APRIL 17)

  Technological solutions are developing at a dizzying pace, making it more difficult to decide on a large-scale investment at the company level but also for the individuals and public authorities altogether. The key question we need to answer is “Why do we invest in electrical mobility?”, because, depending on the response, car manufacturers, together with suppliers of equipment and services for e- mobility, are ready with tailor-made solutions.  

22.04.2018 · ROMANIA

THE COMPETITION COUNCIL HAS NOT OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE GREEN CERTIFICATES MARKET

  Although the green certificates market is quasi-inoperable, with about 12 million unsold certificates, the authorities are not investigating the market conditions. “The Competition Council has not opened an investigation into the green certificates market,” Cosmin Belacurencu, State Secretary at the Competition Council, told energynomics.ro. He explained that the institution monitors many markets, and an investigation can only be opened in the context of meeting certain conditions.  

22.04.2018 · ROMANIA

THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WILL CHANGE THE LEGISLATION ON GREEN ALTERNATIVE FUELS TO INCLUDE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS

  Although the European directives include compressed natural gas (CNG) in the list of green alternative fuels, it is not included in a full list of legislative documents of Romania. But the Environment Ministry promises to change the situation as soon as possible.  

22.04.2018 · ROMANIA

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