Off-shore wind power is an innovative solution for Romania’s energy capabilities, particularly as the country has access to the Black Sea territory. As a source of renewable energy, wind farms have become a prominent project of the European continent to ensure independence from fossil fuels. With suitable geographical elements and a new legislative framework regulating […]

Romania has always been an attractive country in terms of wind energy potential. Due to the South West, North East, Central West and Dobrogea regions, Romania has been propelled to the second place in terms of wind energy potential in Europe. Given these more than favorable conditions, there is no surprise that Romania has caught […]

The Ministry of Energy recently published for public consultation the draft Government Decision for the implementation and operation of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) support mechanism for low carbon technologies. Through this enactment, the Romanian Government establishes the general legal framework governing the implementation and operation of the support mechanism through contracts for difference meant […]

In the pursuit of promoting renewable energy sources and achieving goals like decarbonization, as well as more ambitious ones such as energy independence, the European Union constantly both encourages and imposes achieving these objectives on the member states. As the whole world was recently shaken by pandemics and war, we are now facing an energy […]

There is a new legislative project to be adopted at European Union level, namely the Proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. The Proposal comes in the context of the energy crisis caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and aims to tackle the rising energy prices […]

The Electricity and Natural Gas Law no. 123/2012 (“Energy Law”) was amended recently via the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 143/2021, with the main purpose of transposing the provisions of the Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (“Directive 2019/944”) and of ensuring compliance with Regulation (EU) […]

Recent updates regarding the regulation for issuance of authorizations and licenses in the electricity sector are detailed in this recently released material, published by our energy and natural resources practice group. The article is available in full here.

At the end of September, the Ministry of Energy launched for public debates a draft emergency ordinance for the amendment and supplement of the Electricity and Natural Gas Law no. 123/2012 (“Energy Law“), with the main purpose of transposing into the domestic legislation the provisions of the Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the […]

The second part of the year 2020 was marked by a very intense regulatory activity carried out by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority, including the licensing of various new activities in the energy field such as activity of the electricity aggregator, the development and operation of electricity storage installations, as well as development and operation […]

After three years of debate in the Parliament, a new law for amending and supplementing the existing Mining Law has entered into force on December 17, 2020. It aims to overcome certain legal and economic issues, trying to give Romania’s mineral resources their deserved value. Our team prepared an article on the matter.