The market for batteries to store energy produced from the use of photovoltaic panels could grow by 25% per year until 2030, from €40 million in 2022.
Companies in Romania can reduce costs related to environmental obligations by 50%, but many have a harder time complying with the legislation, according to Green Environment Support.
The mayors of 16 communes in Dâmbovița County signed 17 financing contracts through which they will modernize the public lighting system in their localities.
Brasov city hall obtained almost RON 6 million (€1.2 million) non-refundable, from the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), for the modernization of the lighting system.
Romania requests, through the RePowerEU mechanism, substantial European funds for subsidizing the installation of photovoltaic panels for natural persons. It is about €400 million, the amount that could be included in some kind of complementary program to the program of the Environmental Fund Administration for the installation of photovoltaic panels on residential homes.
The Romanian government approved the de minimis aid scheme for the construction of waste recycling facilities. The budget of the de minimis aid scheme is €26 million. The de minimis aid is valid until the end of this year.
Conducted in autumn 2025, the RICS Sustainable Real Estate Survey Europe gathered 112 responses from valuers, developers, investors and other professionals across 30 countries. The findings confirm that ESG has moved from a peripheral concern to a core driver of real estate value, risk and decision-making across Europe.
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.
