CCE Holding launched works at the site of its Horia1 solar park of 40 MW in Romania’s northwest, ENGIE is preparing to install a photovoltaic facility of 37.2 MW and PNE just sold a ready-to-build project of 61.5 MW, https://balkangreenenergynews.com/ informs. Romania has joined the group of gigawatt-scale markets this year in terms of installed photovoltaic capacity within one year and the list of mature projects keeps getting longer. In fact, SolarPower Europe expects the country to reach 8.7 GW by 2027. The solar boom is fueled in all segments from prosumers to municipal authorities to transmission system operator Transelectrica. Austria-based renewable energy developer CCE Holding said it started the construction of its first photovoltaic park in Romania and its biggest in Europe. The site for the facility with 40 MW in peak capacity is near Arad in the country’s northwest. It spans 50 hectares. CCE Holding won EUR 3 million in funding through Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan.The company said the Horia1 solar power plant would be connected to the grid by next autumn. It is envisaged to consist of modules of 590 W each. CCE Holding revealed that it secured financing from Raiffeisen Bank International. The project was developed in cooperation with Banat Agri Group and Austria-based Frapag, according to the statement. The firm added that it has 980 MW under development in Romania and ten solar power projects in various stages. Horia1 will benefit from EUR 3 million from the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP or, in Romanian, PNRR). The company won support in the first round of applications.
CATANE, the feature debut of director Ioana Mischie, has received an international nomination at the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Awards for its original score composed by Emiliano Mazzenga. The film’s music has been selected among the top five film scores worldwide in the International Independent Film category. The film is the first Romanian production ever […]
Moldovan prime minister Alexandru Munteanu arrived in Bucharest on Thursday, November 13, for his first official foreign visit since taking office. He met with president Nicușor Dan and Romanian counterpart Ilie Bolojan before visiting the Parliament, where he met with the president of the Senate, Mihai Abrudean. After the first meeting, president Nicușor Dan stated […]
Bucharest maintains a steady flow of new office developments, with nearly 170,000 square meters of projects scheduled for delivery between 2026 and 2027, according to the latest Bucharest Office Marketbeat Q3 2025 report from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. Despite a 25% drop in total leasing activity compared to last year, demand remained solid, with companies […]
The number of Romanians seeking work abroad has fallen to its lowest level in five years, according to new data from leading online recruitment platform eJobs. So far in 2025, only 106,000 applications were submitted for jobs outside Romania out of a total of 9.8 million, representing just 1.1% of all job applications. Employers abroad […]
Four young Romanians from Prahova County created Youllgetit.eu, a platform containing a database with thousands of internships dedicated to students in Europe. The youths are former members of the RO2D2 robotics, and are now students at top universities in Romania, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Luca Moșu, one of the creators of the platform, told […]
Banca Transilvania, a leading bank in Romania, and BPC, a global leader in payments solutions, have completed the first Romanian pilot of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) for payments, enabling cardholders to authenticate online purchases with their new European Digital ID. The project forms part of the EU Digital Wallet Consortium led large-scale pilot funded by […]
