Author: Andreea Ionescu

It can be stated, without fear of being wrong, that Romania's accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) marks the most important strategic foreign policy moment after integration into NATO and the European Union (EU). Moreover, we are talking about the culmination of a long, technical, sometimes frustrating, and perhaps less visible process for the public, but one with huge economic implications for the coming decades. Romania is entering the „club of the world's best-performing economies,” and this status fundamentally changes how our country is perceived by investors, international financial institutions, and global markets alike. Because accession,...

Arval continued its growth in 2025 with a financed fleet that has now reached 1,894,865 vehicles globally, a 5.5% increase compared to December 31, 2024, the company announced. The financed fleet in the Corporate segment reached 1,229,772 vehicles at the end of December 2025 (+3.1% compared to the end of December 2024). The Retail segment reached 620,504 vehicles, an 11.4% increase compared to the end of 2024, demonstrating the growing interest of SMEs and individuals in long-term leasing and the success of implemented partnerships (growth in the individual client segment alone reaching…

Veltol Holding reinforces its position in the Romanian renewable energy market with a portfolio of approximately 35 MW installed and commissioned nationwide in the C&I and utility-scale photovoltaic segment, projects that have delivered an average productivity 10–15% above the initial feasibility study estimates. In parallel, the company launched the AI-based Veltol EMS platform in 2025 for advanced analysis and optimization, and in 2026 began integrating energy storage systems (BESS) and energy management into most of its portfolio projects, with the goal of accelerating profitability, stabilizing cash flow, and transforming photovoltaic power plants into smart energy assets…

LONGi își consolidează operațiunile pe piața din România, vizând atingerea unui prag de peste 15 GW instalați până în 2031 și repoziționându-se strategic dintr-un simplu furnizor de module fotovoltaice într-un integrator de soluții energetice complete, care includ stocare și hidrogen verde. În paralel, compania își consolidează poziția de lider tehnologic prin tranziția de la PERC (Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell) la tehnologia Back Contact(BC), cu obiectivul de a depăși limitele actuale de eficiență și de a pregăti terenul pentru celulele tandem ce pot depăși 30% eficiență. Totodată, LONGi își mută focusul de la costul per modul la costul total al…

Renalfa Power Clusters has successfully completed the acquisition of two renewable projects in Romania. The first asset, Horia 2, is a photovoltaic power plant with an installed capacity of 365 MWp. The second is a 400 MW/800 MWp stand-alone BESS PV power plant in Arad, both located in the western part of the country, Arad County. The new owner intends to combine and redesign the projects into a single energy cluster and to expand the installed capacity of both PV and BESS in the near future. Both acquired projects are fully decommissioned, in an advanced stage of development, with commercial launch expected in 2027.Renalfa Power...

New changes to insolvency legislation radically alter how the National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) deals with companies facing financial difficulties. State authorities have realized that simply declaring bankruptcy is no longer sufficient for debt recovery to the budget. According to an analysis by Sierra Quadrant, tax inspectors' focus is now shifting towards the early identification of problems within companies. Romania has faced major challenges in collecting revenue for the state budget for years. In this complex economic landscape, the insolvency procedure has often been viewed by certain entrepreneurs as an easy lifeline. At the same time, for the Romanian state, it has...

The company Rețele Electrice Romania, the electricity distribution operator, part of the PPC group in Romania, invested in 2025 about RON 1.4 billion (projects commissioned worth RON 1.2 billion), of which RON 908 million projects from its own funds and the difference from other sources, in modernization projects in its area of responsibility, with the aim of increasing the resilience of the distribution network, the company announced. The key projects were implemented in the Muntenia, Banat and Dobrogea regions and involved the modernization of existing transformer stations and substations, along with works to modernize and...

Social stability is an essential condition for economic recovery, and it cannot exist in the presence of people who can barely afford to live decently from one month to the next, warns the National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania – Brotherhood, which accuses the Government of Romania of systematically transferring the costs of the energy crisis onto the population, in the absence of real social and economic protection measures. According to a statement, CNSLR Frăția warns that the accelerated increase in fuel and energy prices severely affects the living standards of employees and pensioners and creates the premises for a major social crisis. „Through inaction, lack of...

The Finance Ministry has prepared both the excise tax reduction mechanism and the voluntary contribution mechanism, and the adoption of one of them will take place on Thursday or Friday, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare announced on Wednesday. „We have prepared all variants. We have prepared including the gradual reduction of excise tax when international quotations and domestic prices rise. So we have prepared this variant. We have also prepared the variant that was adopted in 2022, the voluntary contribution. I don't want to give a figure now, but it's about the mechanism. Both mechanisms and the excise tax reduction mechanism and the voluntary contribution mechanism are prepared, discussions...

Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed the contract for the modernization of the Craiova-Filiași section of the Craiova-Caransebeș railway line in Romania. The project will include the implementation of the ERTMS Level 2 signalling system and electrification upgrades, providing higher capacity, improved energy efficiency and increased service reliability, transforming rail transport in the region. The contract was signed by the TrackWorks Joint Venture, formed by Alstom and civil works company Terna Tourist Technical and Maritime Société Anonyme, with CFR SA, the company that manages Romania's railway infrastructure. Alstom will supply the signaling, traffic management and electrification systems, in...