green certificates

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday appointed Gabriel Abos head of the National Environment Protection Agency (ANPM), replacing Iosif Nagy, who resigned after Romania was barred from trading green certificates.

The Kyoto Protocol committee has decided to suspend Romania from trading green certificates, after it noted breaches in the national inventory of carbon emissions, and the decision will apply until the county meets all requirements, the Environment Ministry said Sunday.

Czech state-owned power company CEZ Monday said it received from Romania’s energy regulatory authority ANRE the first greenhouse gas emission certificates for the energy produced at its wind farms near the Black Sea and delivered to the national electricity network.