{"id":11575,"date":"2026-08-18T07:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11575"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:03:48","slug":"romanias-antibiotice-iasi-cuts-electricity-bill-by-20-with-own-solar-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11575","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s Antibiotice Ia\u0219i cuts electricity bill by 20% with own solar park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian state-controlled pharmaceutical producer Antibiotice Ia\u0219i (BVB: ATB) reduced its electricity expenses by 20% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, following the use of its own photovoltaic generation, according to the company&#8217;s H1 financial report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange and cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/economedia.ro\/parcul-fotovoltaic-propriu-scade-cu-20-cheltuielile-cu-energia-electrica-ale-antibiotice-iasi.html?mc_cid=3485e6e442&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Economedia.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company said its combined expenses for electricity, natural gas and drinking water fell to RON 11.68 million in the first six months of 2026, from RON 12.52 million a year earlier. Electricity costs accounted for most of the reduction in utility expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The photovoltaic plants generated savings of approximately 20% of the electricity consumed during the period, equivalent to RON 1.2 million based on the average purchase price from suppliers, Antibiotice said.<\/p>\n<p>Antibiotice commissioned a 2.5 MW photovoltaic park in 2024 following an investment of RON 11.8 million, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and the company&#8217;s own contribution. The installation covers about 25% of the operating electricity needs of the company&#8217;s industrial platform in Ia\u0219i.<\/p>\n<p>The pharmaceutical producer also reported that electricity expenses associated with its electric vehicles were RON 76,000 lower in the first half of 2026 than at the end of June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Industrial companies and local authorities in Romania have increasingly invested in photovoltaic generation to reduce electricity costs and increase energy autonomy, supported in part by European and government financing programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Antibiotice Ia\u0219i remains Romania&#8217;s only pharmaceutical manufacturer controlled by the state, through the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: the company)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian state-controlled pharmaceutical producer Antibiotice Ia\u0219i (BVB: ATB) reduced its electricity expenses by 20% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, following the use of its own photovoltaic generation, according to the company&#8217;s H1 financial report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange and cited by Economedia.ro. The company said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}