Mircea Fechet, Romania's Minister for the Environment, Water and Forests, hopes that Romania will be one of the countries where recycling becomes a way of life.
The first 9,566 Romanians who signed up for the Green House Program can start installing photovoltaic panels.
The "Photovoltaic Green House" program will have a budget of RON 2 billion (€400 million) for this year.
The Minister of the Environment, Waters, and Forests, Mircea Fechet, says there are 31 hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste dumps in Romania, for which the country is paying fines.
RetuRO, the administrator of the Deposit Return System (DRS) in Romania, has inaugurated the regional center in the commune of Bonțida, Cluj County.
The World Bank has supported Romania in its efforts to combat nutrient pollution for the past two decades, with over €110 million invested in local communities, says Anna Akhalkatsi, Country Manager for Romania at the World Bank.
The Minister of the Environment, Waters, and Forests, Mircea Fechet, announced the launch of the call for projects for the planting of mini-forests in Romanian cities.
Farmers will be able to build manure collection and utilization systems with money from PNRR.
At Romania's Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, priorities and challenges change from day to day, depending on events and issues, says Mircea Fechet, Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests. He talked to Green Forum about the environmental infringements that Romania currently has about the plastic pollution in rivers and about the plans for accessing PNRR funds.
The Minister of the Environment, Waters, and Forests, Mircea Fechet, announced the launch of the program for the purchase of electric, hybrid, and compressed natural gas-powered minibusses.
Romania has a significant and diversified capacity to produce energy from renewable sources, said the Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests, Mircea Fechet, at the informal Council of the Environment in Spain.
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.
Microsoft has achieved its goal of matching 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy, reaching the milestone five years ahead of its 2025 target. The achievement supports the company's commitment to become carbon negative by 2030.
The recent weakening of the CSRD may have some real estate developers cheering the compliance rollbacks, but the consequences could be complicated. A new research survey examines how EU real estate firms are navigating changes to the CSRD, and what that could mean for upcoming SFDR revisions.
