Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said at Iron Gates I, that coal-fired power generation cannot be replaced by photovoltaic panels or wind power plants, but by gas production.According to Burduja, at the moment there are delays in the process of replacing the coal-fired power plants at Isalnita and Turceni, but it is important not to close the coal-fired groups without putting something in place."In the restructuring plan for the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO), the approach was a gradual closure of the coal-fired groups and their transfer to the reserve (some of the groups go into reserve), yet to have the gas groups from Isalnita and Turceni, which mean 850 MW and 478 MW respectively. These gas groups have certain delays, and today we were on a working visit to Isalnita, where there is progress. We want to have the submission of offers, clarifications in the autumn, to hope that there will be no challenges but a contract award by the end of this year, which would allow us in 2027, with support from Transgaz, to have the gas group in Isalnita put into operation. At Turceni there are even longer delays at the moment. So there needs to be a correlation between the closure of coal-fired power plants and the commissioning of gas-fired power plants. Because that's what strip production means: you can't replace coal with photovoltaic panels or wind farms. They do not have the same production profile: one is continuous production, while the other is intermittent production."Burduja added that according to the deadlines pledged by Romania under its National Recovery and Resilience National Plan (PNRR) for decarbonisation legislation, and also in the restructuring plan from the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) and the plan to close the activity in Valea Jiului, 2032 is the last year of operation of CEO.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
