Mobility | 2 August, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Timisoara receives 44 new electric buses
44 new electric buses have arrived in Timisoara, announces the mayor of the city, Dominic Fritz.
44 new electric buses have arrived in Timisoara, announces the mayor of the city, Dominic Fritz.
By 2030, Auchan aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 46% compared to 2019, says Corina Dospinoiu, Sustainability Director Auchan Retail Romania. She talked to Green Forum about the 2030 Climate Plan and about the company's main sustainability targets.
Romania has a non-recyclability rate of 89%, which means that we have the highest degree of resource mortality in Europe, says Constantin Damov, president of the Coalition for the Circular Economy and of the Green Group.
In 2022, the total amount allocated to sustainable lending by Raiffeisen Bank amounted to €500.5 million.
Enel Green Power România, Enel Group's renewable energy business line in Romania, has commissioned Lumina photovoltaic park in Călugăreni, Giurgiu County, and completed its takeover from Mytilineos.
Orange Romania collected, in the first six months of the year, 135,000 phones, which will enter the circular economy through reconditioning or recycling.
Renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 10,509 MW could be commissioned in the next period.
The Cluj-based company Promelek XXI aims to sell, by the end of the current year, 400 charging stations for 100% electric or plug-in hybrid cars.
Industrial & logistics spaces will play a crucial role in solar energy, as more than half of it will be provided by rooftop solar PV by 2030, according to a study from CBRE.
Dambovita County is buying 31 new electric minibusses for the transportation of students.
OMV Petrom contributes to the development of the regional network of ultra-fast recharging for electric cars as part of a project that aims to install more than 400 points along the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
Rompetrol has published its 2022 Sustainability Report, marking a decade of transparent reporting in accordance with the GRI international standards.
PepsiCo factories in Romania have achieved a 100% recycling rate.
The Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, announced that Romania has an ambitious investment plan until 2030, mainly 7 GW of energy from renewable sources.
BRD Asset Management SAI, the specialized investment management company of BRD - Groupe Société Générale, has launched its first fund that promotes environmental, social characteristics and pursues good governance (ESG) practices.
Orange Romania announced the installation of over 200 new solar panels on the roof of the communication interconnection center in Timișoara, in line with the Orange Group's commitment to achieve CO2 neutrality by 2040.
Six Counties in Romania, collectively responsible for 65% of greenhouse gas emissions at the national level, will benefit from non-refundable funds of over €2.2 billion, through the Just Transition Operational Program (POTJ).
ING Bank Romania has invested €11 million in the past 11 years in environmental actions in Romania and €1.2 million were donated in 2022 alone for vulnerable groups' support, says Alexandra Maier, Sustainability Manager at ING Bank Romania.
Aquila's total carbon footprint decreased by 6.5%, amounting to 36,837 metric tons of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e), on location-based calculation, according to the sustainability report.
Danish developer and operator of wind, solar and hybrid projects, Eurowind Energy, starts construction of the Pecineaga 48 MW wind farm in July this year.
Romania and Turkey have signed their first bilateral memorandum of cooperation in the energy sector, marking a significant step toward enhanced collaboration in both traditional and renewable energy fields.
Turkish energy company Yeşilyurt Enerji has acquired a 41 MW solar project in Dâmbovița County, Romania.
Iberdrola has launched a €750 million green bond aligned with the new European Union Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) as well as the Green Bond Principles of the International Capital Market Association.
The “Da Vinci New Project” solar park in Nanov, Teleorman County, has been completed with funding from Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Polenergia, the largest private energy group in Poland, has begun the technological commissioning of its Szprotawa photovoltaic farm—its most ambitious solar project to date.
