Author: Andreea Ionescu

Green gas, together with renewable energy, are the key pillars that will guide us on the road to achieving zero carbon emissions, according to Nicolas Richard, President of the French Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Romania (CCIFER). „The energy transition is at the heart of CCIFER members” concerns, and gas plays the role of transitional energy in this complex process. Green gases, together with renewable energy, are the key pillars that will guide us on the road to achieving zero carbon emissions,„ said Nicolas Richard at a CCIFER event. "As a Member State of the European Union, Romania...

The accelerated increase in fuel prices is no longer a mere market fluctuation but indicates systemic pressures on the real economy, affecting costs, cash flows and supply chains, as the transportation and logistics sector, with a contribution of about 6.5% to GDP, is directly exposed, warns the National Confederation for Women Entrepreneurship (CONAF).„The accelerated evolution of fuel prices in recent days can no longer be treated as a punctual market fluctuation, but represents the beginning of a systemic pressure on the real economy, with direct effects on the competitiveness of Romanian companies and on the general price level. The signal sent on...

KER TOKI POWER ROMANIA, an electricity supplier, optimizer, aggregator and trader, part of the Renalfa Solarpro Group, announces ambitious investment plans on the local energy market, aimed at developing renewable generation capacities and energy storage projects, as well as expanding operating activities for energy parks developed by other companies, the company announced. „For KER TOKI POWER Romania, the priority is the commercial operation and performance optimization for the production and storage capacities of our partners and the Renalfa Solarpro Group, of which we are a part. We position ourselves as an aggregator and optimizer with an important role...

On Monday, the Intelligent Energy Association (AEI) proposed to the authorities ten measures to mitigate the effects of the oil crisis, including a temporary mechanism to increase targeted compensation for transporters, agriculture and food distribution, a voucher for vulnerable households, a temporary reduction in excise tax, and accelerating VAT refunds in transportation and agriculture. AEI president Dumitru Chisăliță believes that a realistic and enforceable package of measures must take into account three realities: crude oil is expensive and volatile, the price of diesel in our country is high and Romania's fiscal space is limited, according to Agerpres. In this context, the Association recommends, in a communiqué, not to...

Sierra Quadrant, one of the leading players in the insolvency and restructuring market in Romania, has officially launched Compass, a new strategic advisory service. It is dedicated to organizations that want to maintain their pace of growth, anticipate risks and make informed decisions, intervening effectively even before real problems arise. The need for such a preventive tool is justified by the harsh reality in the market. Recent statistics paint a picture of an economy under immense pressure, company officials say. ”The year 2025 ended with 7,553 firms going into insolvency, marking an alarming increase from the year...

The military crisis in the Middle East is starting to have visible effects on the Romanian business environment, even if firms' direct trade links with the region are limited. A survey conducted by IMM Romania between March 9-19, 2026 on a sample of 1,436 entrepreneurs shows that the impact is mainly felt through higher costs and pressure on profitability, according to StartupCafe. For entrepreneurs, the main effect of the conflict is higher fuel prices, indicated by 62.7% of respondents. This is followed by fears of accelerating inflation and reduced trade, while the impact on economic growth is perceived...

Some 60% of Romanian companies have adopted cloud technology - i.e. they use online servers and applications to store data and run business processes instead of their own infrastructure - and the percentage of those with a high level of implementation has increased in the last two years from 14% to 23%, according to the local Cloud Business Survey report by PwC Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). At the regional level, the figures are slightly higher: 68% of companies are using the cloud, and the share of those with advanced deployment has reached 25%. In contrast, some 40% of Romanian companies have not yet...

A total of 13 organizations from the European digital identity ecosystem - wallet providers, certification authorities and technology developers - participated in an interoperability exercise in Bucharest to test the European digital identity wallet, reports technology developer certSIGN. „During the tests, participants verified, under real-life conditions, the ability of the systems to communicate and function in an integrated way, an essential step for the large-scale implementation of the European digital identity. The Romanian technology company certSIGN participated in the tests with its own sandbox (test environment), a complete infrastructure including the technical solution for EUDI Wallet, issuing of...

The National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) announces that it will start nationwide controls on the entire distribution chain, from importers and warehousekeepers to fuel retailers, in the context of rising prices. The inspectors are checking for suspected tax fraud and practices that may affect the fairness of the market, and if they find speculative practices they will refer the matter to the relevant institutions. ”In the context of the recent fuel price increases, the National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) has launched a series of nationwide inspections to prevent and combat possible tax non-compliance practices against the background of the evolution of prices on the fuel market,” reads a statement...

Alive Capital, a green energy provider and integrated service platform for renewable energy producers, announces the signing of a collaboration agreement with Sieyuan Electric, a Tier 1 power equipment manufacturer with a global presence, to build battery storage projects totaling up to 2.5 GWh of capacity planned over the next four years. The agreement covers the deployment of BESS systems in stand-alone and co-located configurations in several power classes. It covers Alive Capital's own investments, group affiliates and projects developed for the company's customers. „The power market in Europe is entering a new phase of...