This week’s bookings in capacity auctions for the Vertical Gas Corridor exceeded expectations, according to a LinkedIn post by DESFA, Greece’s gas transmission network operator, according to CEE Energy News. Demand was highest at the Sidirokastro interconnection point on the Greece-Bulgaria border, where 46% of available export capacity was booked for 2026/2027–2029/2030 and 26% for […]
The capital expenditures approved by Distribuţie Energie Electrică Romania (DEER), a member company of the Electrica Group, for investments in 2026 amount to 1.48 billion lei, the company informs in a press release. According to the cited source, the electricity distributor made investments of 878 million lei in 2025 in the modernization and digitalization of […]
ELCEN announced the completion of the first stage of the competitive dialogue for the contract to build the new 275 MWe and 214 MWt cogeneration plant at CET Sud. Of the six bidders on the shortlist, three remained: one Spanish and two Turkish companies. “Electrocentrale București S.A. (ELCEN) announces the completion of the first stage […]
NATO countries are close to an agreement to extend a Cold War-era fuel pipeline network to Eastern Europe and Turkey, with the aim of ensuring that these countries can be supplied with fuel in crisis situations, Bloomberg reports. The NATO Pipeline System (NPS) is a network of underground fuel pipelines that dates back to the […]
The European Commission welcomes the inauguration of the electricity interconnection today between Spain and Portugal. The commissioning of this new new infrastructure project between northern Portugal and Galicia in North-West Spain marks a key energy milestone. The project increases cross-border electricity capacity by 1 000 MW, reaching 4 200 MW from Spain to Portugal and 3.500 MW from Portugal to Spain. […]
Romania has officially opened the first stage of the grid capacity allocation process, which will qualify new energy projects for connection. The Transelectrica platform for grid capacity allocation is now live. July 1 marks the start of Romania’s new competitive mechanism for allocating grid connection capacity for electricity generation and storage projects. Thus, now the […]
NextPower, a provider of energy technologies and solutions for large-scale photovoltaic plants, announces the launch of new solar tracker and foundation technologies designed to simplify installation, expand project siting options and improve their long-term performance. Depending on the site characteristics, solar tracker systems can increase energy production in Romania by approximately 10–17% compared to fixed […]
Egypt and the European Union are deepening their strategic partnership in the field of renewable energy with a financing package of up to €690 million to upgrade and expand the Egyptian electricity network. The package combines a €600 million loan from the European Investment Bank’s development arm, EIB Global, with up to €90 million in […]
Electricity distribution companies would like to conclude direct contracts for the purchase of electricity from renewable producers, the beneficial effect being both the support of new renewable production capacities and a lower cost, now, for the energy needed by the networks. But they do not do so because they fear that, in the future, ANRE […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting energy security in Romania by providing a loan of RON 300 million (€57 million equivalent) to Delgaz Grid SA, an electricity and gas distribution company operating in the country. The EBRD’s loan will finance part of the company’s 2026-30 capital expenditure programme in the electricity […]
The Head of the National Energy Dispatcher stated that, in the last month alone, 1,000 MW of new energy capacities have been connected to the grid. “To have a good understanding of what Transelectrica means for the National Power System, I will highlight just a few things that Transelectrica has done in the last month. […]
The Romanian energy system will have more 400 kV interconnection lines with neighboring networks in the coming years, especially those in the east, in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, said the head of the National Energy Dispatcher (DEN), Virgiliu Ivan. “If until 2022 Romania’s orientation regarding the development of the system, the development of […]
The Tigveni – Curtea de Argeș section of the Sibiu – Pitești Motorway (A1) could be opened to traffic approximately six months earlier than the contractual deadline, set for February 2027, announced on Thursday the general director of the National Road Infrastructure Management Company (CNAIR), Cristian Pistol. ‘In a short time, the contractor will begin […]
EU policymakers and high-level industry representatives yesterday launched 2 flagship initiatives designed to prepare the EU’s energy system for a more digitalised future. Given the rapid expansion of data centres, the first initiative brings together data centre operators, the energy sector and public authorities to ensure the sustainable integration of data centres into the EU […]
