The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) is installing €400,000 in solar panels. This investment will contribute to increasing energy efficiency. FRF wants to contribute to the reduction of direct and indirect carbon emissions at the events we organize by up to 50% by 2030.
Several Romanian companies receive money from the state through PNRR for green hydrogen production. The Ministry of Energy signed financing contracts for 7 projects to build green hydrogen production capacities.
The Danish company FirstFarms announces investments in Romania both in the agricultural area and in the area of green energy production. The company installed photovoltaics in one of its warehouses in Romania, to ensure its consumption, and plans to increase its installed capacity to be able to sell the energy. The company also opened a new silo in Slovakia, where it also bought a biogas plant.
The Electromontaj Group announces the start of the partnership with DTEK Renewables International & Moldova Eolian, part of the DTEK energy and utilities group, owned by Rinat Akhmetov, the richest Ukrainian, for the implementation of the wind farm in Ruginoasa commune, Iasi county, worth €90 million, Iasi county. After winning the tender, Electromontaj signed the contract for the design and construction of the infrastructure for the largest wind farm in the Moldova region, with an installed power of 60 MW.
Romanian state-owned company Hidroelectrica is focused on the development of energy production projects exclusively from renewable sources, says Bogdan Badea, CEO of Hidroelectrica. He talked to Green Forum about its plans for this year regarding sustainability and the social responsibility projects that the company is involved in.
The city of Oradea will have a photovoltaic park with over 15,000 panels. More than €16 million from European funds will be invested in this sustainable project. The photovoltaic park will be able to be managed remotely.
Renewable energy sources could reach a share of approximately 34% in 2030. Europe has assumed that by 2050 it will become the first climate-neutral continent.
The largest wind farm in Romania will be built in Galati County on land from 13 localities. The investment amounts to half a billion euros. The wind farm will be built on an area of approximately 13,000 hectares.
Investments in renewable energy technologies reached a record of $1.3 trillion last year, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. The world needs around $35 trillion for transition technology by 2030, says IRENA. Renewable energy deployment must grow from around 3,000 GW annually today to over 10,000 GW in 2030.
The manufacturer of paving stones and curbs Symmetrica will invest, until the end of this year, more than €6 million in the development of photovoltaic panel parks in 8 of its factories. The company will thus ensure a large part of its own consumption. Photovoltaic parks will reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 270,000 kg per year.
The Iasi airport will have a new passenger terminal at the end of 2023, its construction having started in the fall of 2022. It will have solar panels installed, in order to save on energy consumption. The works at the new terminal are carried out by Strabag.
The towns of Sântana and Pecica in Arad County are implementing geothermal resources exploitation projects for heating public institutions. The city of Santana obtained European funding of RON27.5 million (€5.5 million) to complete the drilling and the thermal network.
Electrica bought the company Sunwind Energy, which develops the photovoltaic project "Satu Mare 2", with an installed capacity of 27 MW. The project is located near Botiz commune, Satu Mare county. Also, on February 6, 2023, Electrica announced the completion of the acquisition of the company Green Energy Consultancy & Investments, which develops the "Vulturu" photovoltaic project.
Enel Green Power has started work on the construction of a photovoltaic plant with a capacity of approximately 170 MW, which will be the largest solar plant in Italy. The installation will be based on bifacial photovoltaic modules - with a technology that allows the absorption of solar energy on both the front and back surfaces. This agrivoltaic solar farm will be built in an area owned by a local company that will be working with Enel Green Power on integrating agricultural activities at the plant.
The Oltenia Energy Complex will receive a state aid of RON449 million (€89.8 million) for the year 2023, from the state budget, to finance expenses with greenhouse gas emission certificates. Until now, CE Oltenia has received state aid in the form of a grant of €776.4 million, also for the purchase of greenhouse gas emission certificates.
Iulius Group installed photovoltaic panels on all the properties in its portfolio and will produce 5,500 MWh annually across the group. The total investment adds up to more than €3.5 million.
The European Commission approves a scheme of Romania worth €103 million, within the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, to support the construction of electricity storage facilities. The purpose of this measure is to support investments in electricity storage facilities, thus contributing to the EU's strategic objectives related to the green transition.
OMV Petrom aims to reduce the carbon emissions from its own operations by 30% by 2030, compared to 2019 and the company's ambition for 2050 is to reach carbon neutrality from its own operations, says Christina Verchere, CEO of OMV Petrom.
The capital of Bucharest will pay lower bills for the electricity consumed for street lighting, says Mayor Nicusor Dan. The City Hall announces that it is investing €5 million to modernize the public lighting system in Bucharest by implementing the remote management system and using devices with LED technology.
Global renewable energy capacity amounts to 3,372 gigawatts (GW) at the end of last year, some 295 GW or 9.6% higher than the previous year. The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) expects an increase in the number of employees in the renewable energy sector up to a total of 38.2 million in 2030, as investments in energy efficiency, electric vehicles, or hydrogen will increase.
Hidroelectrica signed a joint venture agreement with Masdar from the United Arab Emirates, for the construction of offshore wind farms and floating solar farms in Romania. Hidroelectrica is the largest producer of green energy in Romania, with a portfolio of 187 hydropower plants, with a hydropower capacity of 6.3 GW, plus the Crucea wind farm, with an installed capacity of 108 MW.
DS Smith plans to build a photovoltaic park at the Zărneşti paper factory. The park would be ready in 2024, it would require an investment of €16 million and would generate approximately 19 MWh per year.
In the Republic of Moldova, the installed capacities for the production of electricity through power plants that capitalize on renewable energy sources (photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric, and biogas cogeneration power plants) have increased three times since 2018. At the end of 2022, the power the total installed capacity was 206.81 MW, compared to 61.6 MW at the end of 2018, according to the Agency for Energy Efficiency of the Republic of Moldova.
The distribution companies of the E.ON group set up 13,000 km of green corridors along the high-voltage overhead lines from the Black Sea to Sweden. In Romania, Delgaz Grid will develop approximately 1,200 ha along the route of 370 km of high-voltage power lines. Green corridors support healthy, sustainable ecosystems and biodiversity.
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, the world's largest logistics operator, has launched a solar installation at its warehouse in Łozienica, Poland, in partnership with commercial real estate investor Accolade. The installation will meet the energy needs of Poland's first multi-client warehouse equipped with an AutoStore system.
Etem Gestamp, the Sofia-based joint venture between Viohalco Group and Spain's Gestamp Group focused on aluminium extrusion and processing for the automotive industry, and Rezolv Energy, the Actis-backed independent power producer, have signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in Bulgaria. The VPPA will see Etem Gestamp buy electricity from Rezolv Energy's 461MW 'Vifor' wind farm, which is about to come onstream in Buzău County, Romania. It is the first cross-border wind PPA that has been publicly announced in Bulgaria.
DP World has launched a five-year coastal restoration programme to create underwater "forests" of native seaweed to boost marine life near the Constanța South Container Terminal on the Black Sea.
Microsoft has achieved its goal of matching 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy, reaching the milestone five years ahead of its 2025 target. The achievement supports the company's commitment to become carbon negative by 2030.
