Romanians who want photovoltaic panels can apply for the Casa Verde Photovoltaic Program, starting on May 19. The application submission period for natural persons is May 19 - June 26. The total budget allocated to the program is RON2 billion (€400 million) and the subsidy is a maximum of RON20,000 (€4,000); on the other hand, the beneficiaries must contribute at least RON2,000 (€400).
Alpla inaugurates a PET recycling unit in Târgu Mureș, an investment of €7.5 million. The plastic recycled at the factory in Târgu Mureș will be used for the production of new PET bottles. Alpla has 190 production units in 46 countries.
Poland-based Keno enters the Romanian market with solar systems, installation, and heat pumps. The company is already present in Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, specializing in the production of solar panels, heat pumps, switchboards, and mounting systems.
OTP Bank volunteers collected, at the end of last week, over 25 bags of waste from the Jiu River, in the Ișalnița Dam area. the 22 volunteers collected 300 kilograms of waste, representing objects such as pet bottles, bottles, canned food, etc. A new action to clean the banks and riverbeds of Jiu, the second of this year will take place in September.
The government approved the "Neutral Romania 2050" scenario, for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The Minister of the Environment, Tanczos Barna, says that the chosen option is a terminal through which Romania assumed that economic development will be practically decoupled from the increase in emissions.
The Electrolux Group reached its set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions three years earlier. The group thus reduced its greenhouse gas emissions from direct and indirect operations by 82% and the emissions resulting from the direct use of household appliances by 25%.
The Minister of the Environment, Tanczos Barna, says that every day he travels with an electric car in Bucharest. He says that he supports the purchase of electric cars through the Rabla Plus Program, run by the Environment Fund Administration (AFM), and this year the authorities are considering a program that supports the purchase of electric minibusses.
The online store of security products Atu Tech triples its investments in photovoltaic systems, to over €1 million, and estimates that sales of such products will generate 15% of the total turnover. The company lists more than 600 products in the photovoltaic systems category, which covers a broad spectrum of demand, and shows that it decided to make such an investment due to the high demand for photovoltaic systems.
Orange circular economy program "Re" - Buy-Back, Recycling, Repair, Refurbishment completes 1 year since its launch in Romania. The company collected approximately 300,000 old phones, the equivalent of more than 29 tons, and repaired 60,000 phones. Customers who bring old phones to the store receive a €100 voucher that they can use to buy a 5G phone.
ABB E-mobility supplied Constanta with its latest fast charging technology, powering the city's electric buses and accelerating its transition to emission-free mobility. Constanta installed five 300 kW HVC-PD (Heavy Vehicle Charger Pantograph Down) and twenty 50 kW Terra 54 HV fast charging stations to power its BYD electric bus fleet. All charging stations installed in Constanta are Cloud connected through ABB Ability™, facilitating remote software upgrades.
The Bucharest Transport Company (STB) wants to buy 100 electric buses through leasing. Buses must be 12 meters long and have a RAR type approval certificate (Romanian Auto Registry) or an approval certificate granted by the competent authorities of the member states of the European Union, in the M3 category.
The Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca has accessed a European project of €3.8 million to increase the energy efficiency of the buildings of the chemical research institute. The implementation period of a project is two years.
E-Infra started the project of a green hydrogen plant of 5 MW, in Turda, financed by PNRR. The facility would produce, annually, about 518 tons of green hydrogen, and the commissioning date is June 30, 2025. The total value is RON50.2 million (€10.04 million).
26 electric buses purchased from Turkey, with European funds, will circulate on the roads of the cities of the Jiului Valley this year. The purchase contract was signed this week by the Hunedoara County Council and the Anadolu Automobil Rom company, and the cars must be delivered to Hunedoara County by October 31, 2023. The green line of electric buses will serve four routes totaling 125 kilometers each way -returned.
Photon Energy Group put into operation three photovoltaic power plants near Calafat, in Dolj County. The solar parks cover 10.2 hectares of land and are equipped with approximately 10,800 solar panels.
OMV Petrom has reduced carbon intensity by 11% compared to 2019 and its overarching ambition is to achieve a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to 2019. OMV Petrom is planning to have photovoltaic panels installed in 50% of the group filling station network by 2025.
23% of Romania's surface is occupied by protected natural areas that are part of the Natura 2000 network, says the Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests, Barna Tanczos. He considered that, from the point of view of natural capital, Romania is one of the members states with a rich biological diversity in terms of species and natural habitats and ecosystems.
TeraPlast, a Romanian manufacturer of construction materials, has pipes for external sewers made of 100% recycled PVC and uses approximately 20%-30% recycled material in the production of PVC pipes, says Alexandru Stânean, CEO TeraPlast. He talked to Green Forum about the company's key sustainability objectives and investment plans in 2023.
Wetterbest is expanding its product portfolio with photovoltaic plants for the residential segment, autonomy in electricity consumption, and even energy independence. The company has three types of photovoltaic systems: on-grid, hybrid, and off-grid.
The Annual Water Report, based on over 13.5 billion liters of monitored water usage across 5,370 properties in 36 countries, reveals that 67% of properties experience water leakage yearly. With rising water scarcity, increasing tariffs, aging infrastructure, and stricter regulations, property owners are under growing pressure to better understand their water consumption.
Romanian developer Iulius has launched Europe's largest private bioremediation project, investing €29 million to clean 38 hectares of contaminated land in downtown Constanța. The project will transform the former Oil Terminal platform into an integrated urban regeneration complex worth over €800 million.
The European Union is at risk of missing a key United Nations deadline for submitting updated climate targets, as internal disagreements among member states delay a final decision on emissions goals for 2040.
Poland has moved up 49 places in the Climate Risk Index 2025, underscoring the increasing impact of climate change on the real estate sector. Heatwaves, heavy rainfall, droughts and floods are becoming a regular challenge for property owners and investors, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
