The companies Hidroelectrica (from Romania) and SINTEF (from Norway) have started the implementation of the project "Networking, Exchange, Sharing and Transfer of Knowledge, Technology, Experience and Practices in the field of electricity production in hydropower plants," Hidroelectrica informs in a press release sent on Monday.In March 2024, the first information regarding the opening of the "Open Call for Bilateral Cooperation in the Green Transition" got published. The presentation workshop took place on April 23, 2024, with the allocated budget being of 1,250 million euros, granted through the EEA & Norway Grants 2014 - 2021 financing instrument.The EEA and Norwegian grants are funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The grants have two objectives - to contribute to an equal Europe, both socially and economically - and to strengthen the relations between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and the 15 beneficiary states in Europe. The objective of the grants is to reduce social and economic disparities and to strengthen bilateral relations. This strengthens the internal market, leading to a more prosperous Europe."Considering that applying to this call is an opportunity to better contribute to the energy transition in Europe by strengthening the collaboration with one of the most important representatives of the Norwegian and global hydropower sector, by carrying out well-defined activities related to our common needs of improvement and development, benefiting from financing under the EEA & Norway Grants Programme, the team of specialists in accessing financing at Hidroelectrica developed and submitted the financing application within the requested deadline, on May 31, 2024," the press release reads.According to the conditions mentioned in the call documents, Hidroelectrica and SINTEF were considered eligible to access this financing instrument, which represents an opportunity for Hidroelectrica to obtain specialized support from a company with European experience, for the development of the knowledge and skills of its own specialists in the implementation at the company level of modern solutions to optimize the programming of the operation of hydroelectric power plants that will lead to the efficiency of production and subsequently of the trading of electricity produced from renewable sources in the capacities in the portfolio.Hidroelectrica, the most important Romanian electricity production company with a long history in the operation of hydropower plants, aiming at the further development of a sustainable energy system, will carry out this project together with the Norwegian company SINTEF, recognized as a world leader in solutions to optimize operation programming hydroelectric power plants.Hidroelectrica operates 187 hydropower plants with a total capacity of 6.3 GW and owns a wind farm with an installed power of 108 MW, covering 13.9% of the competitive electricity market in the country.
Bucharest, November 14, 2024 – Exim Banca Romaneasca offers clients the possibility to verify the true identity of the beneficiary when initiating a payment in RON through internet or mobile banking. This is enabled by the bank’s adoption of the Beneficiary Name Display Service (SANB), which helps prevent fraud and reduces erroneous transactions caused by […]
Fifty NGOs and civic groups, along with the Bucharest Environmental Platform, have drawn up an open letter calling on Romania’s Ministry of Environment, Waters, and Forests to urgently approve the Management Plan for the Văcărești Natural Park in Bucharest. They say the plan has been pending approval for nearly a year. The non-profits noted that […]
AROBS Transilvania Software (BVB: AROBS), the largest technology company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, reports consolidated turnover of 306.2 million lei as of September 30, 2024, with an EBITDA of 43.4 million lei and a net profit of 16.1 million lei. “If at the end of 2023 we anticipated potential stagnation in the automotive...
KingsRock Advisors, the global independent financial advisory firm, said it is expanding its European Union operations by opening an office in Stockholm and appointing top bankers to develop its EU business. Mihai Ionescu, former CEO of Deutche Bank Romania, will coordinate KingsRock’s Eastern European operations from Bucharest. With a long career in investment banking, Ionescu […]
In the first nine months of the year, MedLife recorded a consolidated pro-forma revenue of over RON 2 billion (EUR 400 mln), an increase of 24% compared to the same period in 2023. As these results confirm the upward trend from the first half of the year, MedLife is expected to become, probably, the first […]
A cultural project running between August to September 2024 saw volunteer postmen in the south of Romania discover and document over 400 old houses. The project, titled “Postmen and Houses in Codrii Vlăsiei," implemented by the National Company "Romanian Post" (CNPR), in partnership with the "Romanian Post" Foundation, and the Monumente Renăscute Association, covered more […]
