Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja has signed the draft law on the necessary measures for the exploitation of offshore wind energy, which is submitted for interministerial approval. In the current version of the draft, the Government will approve, at the latest by the end of June 2025, the offshore wind perimeters in the Black Sea that can be concessioned, informs the ministry in a press release. According to the quoted source, between 17th July and 1st September 2023, the draft law was presented to public consultation, and on 28th August 2023 was organized a public debate. The viewpoints and observations sent to the ministry of energy to the public institutions, the private environment and the civil society were taken into account to develop the consolidated form. According to a report of the World Bank, the potential for offshore wind energy of Romania is 76 GW.In the present variant of the draft law, at the latest June 2025, the government will approve through decision the offshore wind perimeters in the Black Sea which could be concessioned, taking into account the restrictions imposed by the protection of the environment, on the basis of a study started by the ministry of energy. Similarly, during the same period of time, the government will approve through decision the procedure aspects regarding the concession of the offshore wind perimeters, the amount of royalties and the state aid to support investments in offshore wind energy.Thus, according to the quoted source, with observance of this rhythm, at the end of 2025 the contracts for concession will be finalized with interested investors. The concession of the offshore wind perimeters will be made by the ministry of energy, through procedure of competitive attribution, according to the provisions of the Administrative Code. The objective of the Offshore Strategy of the European Commission is to have installed capacity of at least 60 GW of offshore wind energy until 2030 and 300 GW until 2050.
Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. At 14:00, exactly halfway through the voting process in the country, over 5.63 million Romanians have cast their votes, compared with 4.52 million […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. Update: By Sunday afternoon (15:00 Bucharest time), over 1.2 million Romanians have voted abroad for the country's next president. That's some 220,000 more votes than the overall total in the first round. The countries with the largest turnout are […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. The vote in Diaspora started on Friday morning, and by Saturday evening (at 19:00), over 609,000 Romanians had already cast their votes. The turnout is almost 90% higher than the one recorded at the same time in the first […]
It's almost impossible to think about anything not related to elections this weekend but if you should need some distraction, there are options. Happening now is the European Film Festival, screening recent productions from the continent, very varied in theme, tone, and genre. The fest is playing Bucharest, Sfântu Gheorghe and Timișoara until Sunday and […]
Modernization work is ready to start at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport, also known as the Otopeni Airport, following an investment of over RON 112.4 million (some EUR 22 million) led by the National Company Bucharest Airports (CNAB), news agency Agerpres reported. The company...
Paris Hilton, who will be present at IntenCity Craiova, a festival organized this summer between June 26–29, sent a message to her fans in Romania. "I'm excited to perform at the IntenCity Festival on June 28. It's going to be so much fun! See you there," Paris Hilton told those who will come to Craiova. […]
