In the first three months of the current year, the Hidroelectrica Group recorded a net profit down by 23%, to 1.326 billion RON, from 1.723 billion RON in the same period of 2023, according to the Q1 2024 Report, published on Tuesday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.Also, revenues were down by 22% compared to the same period of 2023 to 2.536 billion RON, from 3.272 billion RON, and the result per share is lower by 23%, from 3.84 RON/share to 2 .95 RON/share.The operating margin, of 59%, is down 2% compared to the same period last year, and the net margin, of 52%, down 1%."The Hidroelectrica Group records decreasing operational and financial results for the first 3 months of 2024, compared to the same period of 2023, in line with the budget forecasts. The Group's operating margin and net margin were decreased by 2% and 1%, respectively, compared to from the similar period of 2023, mainly as a result of the decrease in electricity sales prices (both locally and in the European interconnected market) and the amount of electricity sold. The results obtained in Q1 2024 reflect the expectations set in the budget approved for 2024", the document reads.Electricity production was down compared to the same period last year, so that, in the first three months of 2024, Hidroelectrica's results were influenced by the decrease in electricity sales prices, as well as the amount of electricity sold, implicitly leading to a decrease in income from the sale of energy.Hidroelectrica is the largest producer of green energy in Romania and the main provider of technological services needed in the National Energy System, being a vital company for a strategic sector, with implications for national security.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
