The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) issued, on Thursday, the establishment authorization for one of the largest wind farms in Romania, Ialomita Nord, with a total capacity of over 246 MW, announced the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja.It is a project owned by the Portuguese company Greenvolt, through Tandarei Solar, and will benefit from the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, which the Ministry of Energy launched last year."The project is among the first to qualify for the CfD scheme, which means that it has secured financing and will be carried out, with a 15-year guarantee of the selling price of the electricity produced. This means jobs in construction and operation, local taxes, income in the economy and, last but not least, clean and cheap energy produced here, in Romania," the minister of Energy wrote on Facebook.He believes that the project can be a magnet for economic development, in a county where there is a great need.Sebastian Burduja recalled that Romania currently has about 3,100 MW installed in wind power."The CfD scheme is, without exaggeration, one of the most important public energy policies of the last 30 years and it will continue in the coming years. And, despite the 'choir of lamenters', who harshly criticized us for this initiative, we have demonstrated that we can have competitive tenders. And we have also fulfilled an essential milestone in the PNRR. This should be the real meaning of the energy transition: to produce more clean energy here, to produce it cheaply, to be sold at affordable prices for Romanians and companies and to transform it into a source of economic development for Romania", the minister of Energy said.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
