Brașov invests in energy efficiency of buildings and in electric buses
Brașov City Hall has obtained new funding through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for the purchase of electric buses.
Brașov City Hall has obtained new funding through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for the purchase of electric buses.
The city of Timisoara in Romania will install 100 islands for the selective collection of waste and build a parking lot with 184 spaces, on which photovoltaic panels will be installed.
The Romanian company OMV Petrom, controlled by the OMV Group from Austria, plans to install photovoltaic panels in half of the gas station network by 2025.
Retailer Lidl has opened a logistics warehouse in Romania with 2,650 solar panels, equipped with an electric charging station.
BRD announced that the value of new sustainable financing transactions made in 2022 reached €215 million.
The energy group Premier Energy has bought new projects in Romania with a capacity of approximately 41 megawatts, for which it paid €13 million.
The Romanian government approved the draft decision on the National Air Pollution Control Program.
During 25 years of activity in Romania, Holcim has managed to decrease CO2 emissions per ton of cementitious material by 25%.
The Railway Reform Authority (ARF) has published a market consultation notice in SEAP before launching a new tender for the purchase of hydrogen trains.
The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) approved the establishment of new photovoltaic power plants with a cumulative power of 95 MW.
The Oltenia Energy Complex, one of the largest energy producers in the country, will receive a state aid of €90.5 million.
Property developer Speedwell says it will be installing photovoltaic panels on two of its office projects in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca in a bid to make its building more sustainable.
The energy supplier and distributor Electrica has completed the acquisition of the project company Green Energy Consultancy & Investments, which is developing the Vulturu photovoltaic project, Vrancea county, with an installed capacity of 9,75 MW (evacuating power in the network).
Coca-Cola HBC, Penny Romania and GreenPoint Management launch the information campaign and separate collection of PET packaging, which brings ECOBONUS to the entire Bucharest community at the beginning of the year.
Global ESG Monitor (GEM) reveals that Romanian corporations significantly trail their global peers when it comes to the reporting of non-financial ESG data.
The European Commission announced it will support 10 pilot projects to establish new rail services or improve existing ones.
New technical regulations regarding the methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings will be enforced in Romania starting February. The new rules will help the local construction market will take an important step forward by aligning with European standards and trends in terms of sustainability
The concentration of population in rural areas, lower construction standards and less service-driven economy contribute to the divergence between the CEE region and Western European states when it comes to energy consumption structure, reveals Colliers in its recent report.
Solaris Bus & Coach sp. z o.o. and the Municipality of Bucharest signed a contract for the supply of 100 new trolleybuses.
Pehart Group, one of the largest tissue paper producers in Southeast Europe and the largest producer and processor of household paper products in Romania, is extending the syndicated loan obtained two years ago to €78 million.

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ProCredit Bank Romania has launched a CO2 Emissions Calculator to help microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises quantify and understand their carbon footprint. This initiative reflects the Procredit Group's commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with client engagement at the core of its Climate Action Strategy.
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.