Energy | 18 September, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Orlen tests first hydrogen locomotive in Poland
Orlen is testing the first hydrogen locomotive in Poland which it has purchased from PESA Bydgoszcz.
Orlen is testing the first hydrogen locomotive in Poland which it has purchased from PESA Bydgoszcz.
Botoșani County Council announces that three electric school minibusses purchased through a program of the Ministry of Development, have arrived in Botosani County.
The Sibiu County Council requests non-refundable money for 13 more electric school minibusses.
e-Mobility Rentals has launched a solution which includes microelectric vehicles that operate on universal batteries that can be exchanged at any swap station within the e-Mobility Rentals network.
According to the latest EU data, the car market continues its upward trend, with sales surging in July for the twelfth consecutive month of growth.
By 2030, Romania will be ready to use electric trucks for the transport of goods at the national level, not just at the local level.
ATP Trucks Automobile, a Romanian company producing road transport vehicles and people, delivered the first batch of 10 ATP Bus electric buses to the city of Vișeu de Sus.
More than €52 million will be allocated to support the purchase of 37 electric trains in Romania.
The Prahova County Council is organizing an open auction through which it wants to buy non-polluting electric minibusses for the estimated amount of RON 30.17 million (€6.03 million) without VAT.
A study carried out by Bolt shows that the company's scooters helped to avoid more than 2.4 million kg of carbon dioxide emissions in 17 countries in Europe in 2022.
Alstom and Central Saxony's transport authority, Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS), presented a new battery-powered train developed by Alstom in Chemnitz, Germany.
The Ilfov County Council has obtained new non-refundable funding through which it will build 15 charging stations for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, in eight Ilfov towns and municipalities.
Brasov City Hall wants to reduce pollution by 426 tons of nitrogen oxides and 16 tons of dust in the next 4 years.
Mehedinti County wants to buy 30 electric minibusses to transport students.
Five public charging stations for electric cars will be set up in several locations in Dambovita County.
44 new electric buses have arrived in Timisoara, announces the mayor of the city, Dominic Fritz.
Alstom has signed a contract to supply 40 Coradia Stream high-capacity multiple electric trains to Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein (NAH.SH), the integrated transport association that organizes rail passenger transport in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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.
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).
The European Union has reached a provisional agreement to reduce the scope and stringency of two major ESG regulatory frameworks: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
Lidl Romania has published its eighth sustainability report for the 2024 financial year, announcing accelerated progress in reducing environmental impact. The retailer has achieved its international 2030 target for transitioning to natural refrigerants, with these now used in 100% of logistics centres and 81.7% of stores, compared to the original goal of 100% of logistics centres and 40% of stores. The company has also increased its green energy usage to 80% of total consumption.
Global law firm Dentons has advised OX2 on acquiring three wind power projects totaling 235 MW in Romania from Future Power. The projects, located in Vaslui and Vrancea counties, are expected to be commissioned between 2028 and 2030, subject to permitting.
Romania is emerging as a key destination for Turkish renewable energy investments, attracting growing interest from industrial and financial groups. Real grid connection opportunities for projects, infrastructure modernisation potential, and investment framework stability make Romania strategic for Turkish capital as Europe accelerates its transition to sustainable sources and energy independence.
51% of Romanian entrepreneurs see sustainability as a way to reduce operational costs, yet the same proportion say implementation is too expensive, according to a new study by BRD Groupe Société Générale. Conducted among micro and small-to-medium enterprises, the research outlines how Romanian entrepreneurs perceive the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to sustainable business models.
