the Executive Director of the Magurele Science Park (MSP) Association talked to BR about the next edition of the Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp for startups and explained how Magurele could attract more startups once the new on-site science and technology park is completed   What were the highlights of this year’s Laser Valley Innovation Bootcamp and what are your plans for next year the event was better planned and attracted more participants (over 120) and more innovative ideas (more than 15) compared to the 2023 edition Thanks to the increased recognition of the bootcamp from stakeholders in the research, development, and innovation (RDI) ecosystem, the teams were able to present more developed ideas to the jury, moving beyond the “on-paper” stage. At the end of the event, we had 10 teams in front of the jury, with three prizes awarded. and my team has already planned specific support for all participating teams: meetings with private business representatives to validate their ideas training sessions with MSP community mentors to better understand the opportunities and obstacles of startup creation n 2023, the bootcamp led to the creation of one startup—SeedPods, which took first place. This year, we’ve already seen one startup established by the first-place winners, TechIdeas. We also expect two more startups to be launched soon, by the teams that secured 2nd place (RoBlueEngineers) and 3rd place (Partial Eclipse). We plan to hold the next edition in 2025 and increase the number of participants by inviting people from other regional ecosystems as well as invite more industry representatives to participate as mentors and/or jury members we aim to help all the teams created during the events access training and mentorship in order to launch new innovative startups How is the MSP Association integrated into the Romanian startup ecosystem MSP’s involvement in startup development is just one of our many activities Our main goal is to create a strong community with all relevant RDI stakeholders (national RDI institutes and other support organisations) in the region and establish cooperative relationships between them We collaborate with various actors involved in startup development in Romania by developing joint activities to support the startup ecosystem through training How do you build bridges between the research community and startup teams and how can we turn more innovative research into marketable products and services we meet with both research and business representatives to understand what they can offer and what they need This information is promoted through our channels (newsletter social media) and specific events (S2B – Science2Business the networking sessions at the end of any MSP event are the most valuable tool for bringing researchers and the business community together We can turn more research results into marketable products by creating a real framework for cooperation between researchers as knowledge providers and businesses as market connectors Researchers need to understand business/market needs to provide solutions while businesses need to be informed about available research offers This is the most important aspect to address even before the often-cited issue of funding How can Magurele attract more startup founders considering the presence of a strong research platform spearheaded by the ELI-NP laser Startup founders will be more attracted to Magurele because a Science and Technology Park will be built there This strategic investment project by the Ilfov County Council developed with EU funds and partners (Magurele City Hall will be completed within the next three years This project will provide a space for stakeholders to meet combining the experience of researchers in Magurele with the creativity of founders Which industries have room for innovation from local startups Based on the MSP community’s business structure With the expertise available within the national RDI institutes on the Magurele research platform new startups and spinoffs could have potential in photonics Are regional startup teams interested in joining projects based in Magurele and modern technologies have reduced distance barriers in communication and partnership creation Magurele’s research platform in physics (five national RDI institutes) and the world’s largest laser (ELI-NP) make it unique the upcoming Science and Technology Park will attract startups from other countries in the region and beyond How can Romania attract more investment for the Magurele-based Laser Valley establishing a strategic approach for the Science and Technology Park’s functionality Big industry players should establish their HQs and testing capabilities there attracting SMEs (including startups) to their research projects MSP should also act as a magnet for schools and universities providing dedicated spaces for educational strategic regional investment projects should exploit the area’s powerful elements: Madalin Ionita is an experienced consultant with over 20 years in management and business development He graduated from the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute as an Engineer (1991) and holds a Master’s Degree in project management (2010) he has been the Executive Director of the Magurele Science Park Association a strong RDI community with over 300 members We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used The proposed Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol hydropower complex on the Danube entered the EU’s List of Renewable Energy Cross-border Projects , 0 Bulgaria’s power utility National Electricity Company (Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD – NEK) said its joint project with Romania’s Hidroelectrica ​​for the Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol hydropower complex has successfully passed the evaluation stage The 840 MW hydropower project, on hold for decades, was revived back in 2022 It is one of three projects that won the status required by the European Commission to be put on the CB RES list The other two are PONTIS (Progressing On reNewable energy Transfer for International Supply in a connected Europe) and BEI – Bornholm Energy Island launched in August 2022 and updated in September 2023 the Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol Hydraulic Structures Assembly would use the hydropower potential of the Danube river while focusing on environmental sustainability renewable energy generation and meeting community and industrial needs The eight projects with the CB RES status are eligible for financial support for studies and works under the CEF Energy Programme The proposed hydropower plant is expected to generate 4.4 TWh per year the complex envisages two hydropower plants using state-of-the-art technologies and a large reservoir Romania and Bulgaria would have 420 MW of installed capacity each or 2.2 TWh apiece The idea for Romania and Bulgaria’s hydropower project originated back in the 1960s Be the first one to comment on this article 02 May 2025 - The project is located in Constanța county recognized for its superior yields in green energy production 02 May 2025 - The Sunčana (Sunny) Vipava project envisages installing solar power plants with a combined capacity of 20 MW 30 April 2025 - OMV put into operation its 10 MW green hydrogen plant at the Schwechat refinery 30 April 2025 - It is the second time this year that MVM contracted gas-fueled and hydrogen-ready power plants at sites of former fossil fuel facilities © CENTER FOR PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2008-2020 website developed by ogitive Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations Dozens of international environmental organisations have declared the European Commission-backed Danube Hydroelectric Project dangerous which involves the construction of a dam and power plant on the Danube between the Bulgarian town of Nikopol and the Romanian town of Turnu Magurele either observed and verified directly by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Bulgaria and Romania plan to jointly build two hydropower plants with a total capacity of 840 MW The preliminary estimate of the project is around €2 billion The planned construction period for the hydropower hub is between eight and ten years Another scientific miracle of Romania is the testing of the most powerful laser machine in the world which produces an incredible ten petawatts of energy This enormous achievement at the Magurele Laser facility near Romania’s capital breaks new grounds in laser development and ushers in a brighter future in various research areas and disciplines It is an exciting new ultra-high-power laser system that took years for scientists and engineers to achieve and it has expanded the limits of laser science When this achievement becomes known to the scientific community of researchers and engineers worldwide everyone expects that this powerful tool will open up new frontiers and bring significant advancements in the coming years The Magurele Laser is part of the larger European Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics project and is comprised of two laser wings that It is equal to one-tenth the power received on Earth from the Sun which makes it by far the most sophisticated research facility of its kind anywhere in the world Some of the notable features of the laser include a very bright laser beam that reaches up to 19.5 MeV with peak power that only sustains itself for 25 femtoseconds at a thickness of mere three micrometres Explaining these truly impressive specifications sheds light on the level of precision and intensity attainable in laser science with the help of this groundbreaking technology Their creation of such a potent and accurate gadget is a giant step in principle outlined to venture into probing and controlling matter on atomic and subatomic particle levels The prospect of having such extraordinary power in the Magurele Laser makes it possible to apply this in various scientific fields and industries Some helpful realizations include the nuclear industry operation with nuclear materials and utilization of radioactive wastes The application of the laser also spans the medical sector the technology could take out space junk and shorten the time nuclear waste stays radioactive The multipurpose utility of this formidable lasing system is expected to spur creation in a range of sectors thereby transforming the scientific world and ushering in groundbreaking methods of approaching acid test problems and finding innovative and effective technological remedies to traditional issues in various spheres The Magurele Laser plays an active role in the cooperation of European nations and is part of the pan-continental ELI project which also includes facilities in the Czech Republic and Hungary It would also positively impact establishment of an international scientific research centre as the facility sits inside a technical-scientific park the project described here puts Romania on the map of laser technology which opens up numerous opportunities for the further development of various fields where lasers are used The success of this project contributes not only to the improvement of the scientific potential of Romania but also to the European scientific potential as a whole which proves the importance of international cooperation in the development of innovative technologies and the expansion of the boundaries of scientific knowledge and the advancement of scientific technology today is beyond incredible Romania stands tall as the world’s most advanced Laser Technology Nation With previously unmatched performance capability this dazzling work will open fresh horizons of inquiry and innovation in various disciplines do not stop experimenting and expanding the uses of these already revolutionary technologies and the entire world awaits more awesome inventions and the change that this beautiful human creation may bring and the Magurele Laser is an allegory of the optimism of collaborative global effort and the tireless quest for the best into the otherwise monotonous grey clouds of the future The joint project of the "National Electric Company" EAD and the Romanian company "Hydroelectrica" ​​for the construction of the hydrotechnical complex "Turnu Magurele - Nikopol" has successfully passed the evaluation stage and is included in the List of cross-border renewable energy projects of the European Union The final approval of the list and its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union The project is one of three approved for the whole of Europe in 2024 Its inclusion in the list and the prospect of obtaining the status of a cross-border renewable energy project are a significant stage in its development opening up opportunities to support the project through the Connecting Facility Europe This was announced today by the National Electric Company The project "Construction of the hydrotechnical complex "Turnu Magurele - Nikopol" is an important cross-border initiative between Romania and Bulgaria aimed at the optimal utilization of the hydropower potential of the Danube River The complex envisages two channel hydroelectric power plants using state-of-the-art technologies and a large-capacity storage tank The project emphasizes environmental sustainability and renewable energy production while meeting the needs of the local population and industry The implementation of this project will support the joint commitment of Bulgaria and Romania to accelerate the achievement of EU goals in the field of sustainable energy and promote regional cooperation serving as a model for international cooperation in the field of sustainable infrastructure Additional complex benefits of the project are road improved navigability and flood prevention The project will apply for feasibility study funding to the European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) The list of cross-border renewable energy (CB RES) projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in the field of energy was launched for the first time in August 2022 and already includes eight projects The implementation of the cross-border projects will contribute to the achievement of the ambitious goals in the field of renewable energy within the framework of the European Green Deal as well as to the objectives of the REPowerEU plan the eight projects are eligible for financial support for studies and works under the CEF Energy Programme increased certainty for investors and stronger support from Member States Some of the projects have already received funding in 2023 and 2024 CB RES projects are defined by the Connecting Europe Facility Regulation and aim to promote cross-border cooperation between EU countries (and between EU and non-EU countries) in the field of planning development and cost-effective exploitation of renewable energy sources CB RES projects can facilitate the integration of RES through energy storage or hydrogen production facilities in order to contribute to the EU's long-term decarbonisation strategy CB RES projects must be established through a cooperation mechanism as defined in the text of the Renewable Energy Directive The project was implemented with the financial support of the Agency for People with Disabilities Contract 6 - StN / 10/06/21 анд Contract № 2 - StN / 23.05.2023 г 3E-news.net by Dir.bg © 2025 All rights reserved in our capacity as judicial liquidator of the company DONAU CHEM SRL registered with the Trade Register under no announces the sale through direct negotiation of the “Donau Chem S.R.L Industrial Asset,” a chemical fertilizer production plant located in Turnu Măgurele The deadline for finalizing the direct negotiation is November 20, 2024. The starting price for the direct negotiation is the one resulting from the evaluation carried out in the procedure The applicable VAT provisions in force at the date of sale will apply The conditions for participating in the direct negotiation as well as the documents required from bidders to register in the direct negotiation procedure which can be purchased from the office of the judicial liquidator in Bucharest The price of the tender book is 15,000 Euros + VAT and must be paid into the judicial liquidator’s account at Banca Transilvania S.A. with the following IBAN: RO80BTRLRONCRT0520972801. A deposit of 10%, namely 8,944,812 lei, from the starting price of the direct negotiation, must be paid into the debtor’s insolvency account opened at Libra Internet Bank with the following IBAN: RO47 BREL 0002 0011 1685 0100. Brief description of the “Donau Chem Industrial Asset”: The real estate property consists of immovable assets, including land with a total area of 1,433,710.00 square meters, located in Turnu Măgurele, Portului Street no. 1, Teleorman County, on which buildings and special constructions are erected that serve the production process or house the technological installations and equipment. The movable assets consist of fixed assets such as equipment The production installations include the urea plant Detailed information about the components of the industrial asset and the technological flow can be found in the tender book Purchasing the tender book is not required for studying it Interested parties can request additional information and schedule a viewing of the asset by emailing: office.bucuresti@sierraquadrant.ro I arrived in Magurele where a futuristic white building contrasts with a deep blue sky It is a very warm day and the only sound we hear on the wide campus comes from the sprinklers we could easily believe that we were on a Californian campus The building is the Romanian part of the European Extreme Light Infrastructure ELI It comes with the extension NP for Nuclear Physics as this is the direction in which the scientists here want to go ELI NP with its 200+ staff is part of the larger the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) which is one of Romania’s major scientific institutions with a total of 800 people ELI NP hosts the most powerful laser in the world with a power of 10 PW The ELI project itself was initiated by Nobel Laureate Gérard Mourou and funded by the host nations as well as the European Regional Development Fund Magurele is located on the outskirts of Bucharest the capital of the Central European state of Romania A city where new office towers alternate with old residential buildings And where the palace of the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu is still enthroned above the center Once the second biggest governmental building in the world The whole discussion is now elevated to a governmental level The new ERIC will be crucial for the future financing of the common infrastructure told me “After a decade of planning and construction the newly formed ELI ERIC will organize the joint scientific user program and begin to coordinate the technical operation.” Germany and the United Kingdom are founding observers “Romania with ELI NP should become part of ERIC "There is an ongoing political discussion about how Romania can become an ERIC member and in parallel the ELI-NP facility is together in the EUR 20 Million European project IMPULSE with the other facilities to determine how to best cooperate on the scientific operations." When I read the nature news about a month ago I was wondering what people do there and what the status of the laser is head of the Laser Systems Department at ELI NP And he drove me through the lively traffic of the Romanian capital Ioan is a laser physicist who remained there even when a scientist’s salary was down to 50 USD per month This has changed for quite some time already The payment is fair now and other Romanians return home Ioan has responsibility for one of the most exciting laser systems in the world now just the final parabolas were replaced by a beam dump And we reached 10 Petawatt with one shot per minute.” That is currently the highest laser power in the world The High Power Laser System HPLS at ELI NP has two huge arms with three main amplifier stages Each stage can be used as beamline with chirp-compensated outlet for powers of 100 TW The system has been built by the French company Thales which also signed a 40 month warranty starting on January 1 When Ioan showed me the NASA-style control room of the HPLS the team was doing experiments with the 100 TW beam with the front end and the first amplifier chain running The whole system is based on TiSa-crystals the frequency is reduced to 1 Hz (1 PW) or to one shot per minute (10 PW) the systems had been tested to deliver their nominal power throughout the entire amplifier and the 10 PW compressor in one arm The missing off-axis parabolas will be delivered in November 2020 (1 PW) and mid 2021 (10 PW) enabling a series of commissioning experiments with all amplifier stages Such commissioning experiments have been selected from a number of international submissions and the respective colleagues from abroad will participate in this next stage of tests they will enable exciting and entirely new science Such as measuring intensities beyond 1022 W/cm² gave me an introduction to this fascinating scientific challenge Kazuo is a well-known expert for laser fusion research After retiring from his professorship at Osaka University he took a new job on the other side of the world at ELI NP Here we open new horizons for laser nuclear physics,” he is enthusiastic about his new appointment For measuring the truly extreme intensities he has plans for three different experiments Based on simulations and data from lower intensities they will test and compare results from accelerated electron He expects results of these measurements for Summer 2021 While commissioning experiments start later this year the regular operation of the user facility with two 10 PW beams is currently scheduled to begin in 2022 So the laser development at ELI NP is on schedule a range of experimental halls are fully equipped Their walls are made from huge concrete “bricks” which allow for easy reconfiguration the main laser hall offers plenty of space for future additions But what will the future at ELI NP look like At first one has to see that the organizational crisis is serious which can occur in countries which haven’t had such a large-scale research infrastructure before it is up to all involved parties to solve the issues Several hundred million of European development support and scarce Romanian funds have been invested and it would be a disaster for all involved people to see ELI NP shut down There is one more perspective that I would like to share: Ioan Dancus showed me what he calls “The laser playground” These are two labs where students have the opportunity to receive hands-on training on real laser systems Backed by such essential knowhow they can work as fully skilled laser operators Is Ioan concerned that they will go abroad “I am more afraid that they go to other places around,” he confesses Exchange of skilled people with other research institutions or even industrial companies is essential to grow and strengthen the local high-tech community And that would have positive effects far beyond what we see now “Current status and highlights of the ELI-NP research program“, K.A. Tanaka et al. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093535 You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed marked a world premiere after reaching the highest power The laser was designed to reach 10 PT of power through two laser arms completed by a very bright laser beam that can reach up to 19.5 MeV ELI-NP is the most advanced research infrastructure in the world that focuses on the study of photonuclear physics and its applications consisting of a high-intensity laser consisting of two lasers with ultra-short pulses of 10PW and the brightest beam adjustable gamma rays This unique combination of experiments will allow ELI-NP to address a broad spectrum of research topics in the fields of fundamental physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics as well as materials science, nuclear material management and life sciences. ELI-NP was selected by the most important scientific committee in the field of Nuclear Physics in Europe – NuPECC – in the Long Term Plan of Nuclear Physics in Europe as major infrastructure The laser at Magurele is the most powerful of its kind in the world and it could help in areas like discovering new radioactive isotopes to treat cancer or test materials used in space missions ELI-NP is the most important scientific research center in Romania and in the region with a total investment of EUR 356 million of which the European funds were EUR 311 million Nobel Prize-winner for Physics, Professor Gerard Mourou recently highlighted the major role that the construction of this system in Romania has contributed to this award. this success – the world’s most powerful laser – will be marked on Wednesday at an event organized at ELI-NP Magurele Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) is the world’s largest research project on lasers and is part of a pan-European project. The total cost of the Magurele laser project is 356.2 million euros. The project is co-financed by European funds with 311 million euros. “It is possible to create the conditions for an efficient technological transfer process,” says academician Nicolae Zamfir the general manager of the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) the ELI-NP team counts over 150 researchers and support from Romania and 27 other countries We are in a continuous process of evaluation and employment so that by the end of the implementation more than 100 researchers engineers and technicians will be employed,” says Zamfir The Magurele Science Park project will span 5 hectares – targeting a final area of 16 hectares – with a budget of EUR 17.5 million of which EUR 2 million have recently been obtained in European funding The year 2020 brought a profound change to the Romanian business environment due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus so that the business strategies of the companies were adapted to the new context Magurele Science Park has developed a series of new collaborative projects in the area of ​​business relations and education programs The business environment learned in 2020 to adapt to the new reality, it gradually and carefully learned to network online, to organise virtual presentations and remote events. the Magurele Science Park Association continued the activities to community growth in the business environment in 2020 and raised the interest of companies with potential for technological development and innovative projects thus reaching 29 collaboration agreements signed Smart Lab: robotics courses, webinars and 3D modeling sessions for 1,000 students More than 1.000 students from schools and high schools attended during 2020 the SmartLab Magurele the first intelligent digital educational laboratory in Ilfov County the Smart Lab program Magurele adapted to the pandemic and offered students online 3D modeling sessions They were able to familiarise themselves with the concepts of cloud modeling through Tinkercad more than 540 students attended the online sessions organised by the Magurele Science Park Association in the field of robotics Smart Lab Magurele offered online robot-help sessions attended by over 150 students from Ilfov and offered 70 robotics kits for participants in the national contest NextLab.tech have so far expressed interest in the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) project which will mark a premiere in physics: the intersection of a high-power laser beam and a brilliant high-energy gamma beam  ELI-NP is one of the three pillars of ELI, or Extreme Light Infrastructure. It will be built near Bucharest, at the premises of the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (HHNIPNE). The other two pillars will be built in the Czech Republic (the ELI Beamlines Facility) and Hungary (the Attosecond facility). The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency are also interested in some nuclear applications “This infrastructure we hope will not only stop the brain drain but will reverse it I’m waiting for the moment when the German authorities complain that too many Germans are leaving for Romania,” joked Zamfir during a conference organized by KPMG on the subject Romania was chosen to host ELI-NP because of the know-how available here. “There is expertise in Magurele both in the domain of lasers and nuclear physics. After Germany, France and Great Britain, the best expertise in nuclear physics can be found in Romania. You cannot build something in a place where you don’t have expertise,” Zamfir told BR. The project is expected to make Romania an important scientific hub for talent and know-how It should also bring international visibility and create 214 new high-qualified jobs in research and tech support The center will be based in Magurele, near Bucharest. “Why the Bucharest-Ilfov region? If a research infrastructure is built in the middle of nowhere, no scientists will want to go there. You also need infrastructure and a social life. A capital offers this kind of thing,” said Zamfir. “There is a chance that the Romanian government will not approve the project and also that our project is not good enough the chances are close to nil because we have already sent the draft project for a preliminary evaluation in January-March It was scrutinized and all the results were extraordinarily positive.” This was carried out by JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions) The total cost of the ELI-NP project in Romania will be EUR 280 million the state has to cover 17 percent from its budget “The project in Romania is the most important of the three because it is the most complex and has the highest value,” said Zamfir The EUR 280 million will be divided as follows: buildings EUR 65 million contingences EUR 15 million and other expenses about EUR 30 million “We are limited by two factors: one is that structural funds at this stage should be spent by 2015 what this project requires in terms of tools – the laser and the gamma beam – have to be conceived The time that physicists believe is necessary to develop these instruments is at least three and a half years,” said Zamfir there will also be operational costs to cover “This infrastructure needs to be maintained The feasibility study stipulates a green source of energy with 100 heat pumps around so that the energy is provided via heat exchange This would be the first time in Europe when you can do this kind of thing at industrial level,” Zamfir told BR The high costs will be covered by national and European funds “This started and will remain a European project and the European Commission needs to get involved in it One third would be covered from the state budget a third from Brussels and one third from private projects where companies would need to carry out certain experiments and pay for them,” he added While expected to produce groundbreaking research across a wide range of fields the Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) project based in Magurele has not yet benefited from the Romanian authorities’ support in developing the infrastructure around it tells BR about the current stage of implementation of the around EUR 300 million cross-border project that will host the most powerful lasers in the world the EC approved the second stage of the ELI-NP implementation What is the stage of the infrastructure works that should connect the facility to key communication points What investments have been made in the ELI-NP so far How many people are working on the project and what type of specialists do you need over 120 specialists are working on the implementation of the project from the management The more than 100 researchers were hired following an extensive selection process from senior researchers to research assistants are advertised all over the world and we have received hundreds of applications After looking at the applications and conducting the interviews we selected Romanian specialists returning from countries where they had worked in last-generation labs or research facilities The selection is ongoing and it is an extremely rigorous process using top performance criteria we are constantly focused on the new generations of physicists from Romanian universities we launched an internship program in which students in their final year have the opportunity to undertake a research internship at the ELI-NP We thus offer students the chance to work with a first-rank multinational team in the field of lasers What are the next medium-term steps to complete the project When will the laser become operational and what research will take place after that The laser system will become operational in 2018 The planned experiments target the study of the interaction between laser and matter the nuclear reactions induced by photons and a whole series of applied research Since this is a research infrastructure at unique parameters that is using new and high-performance tools it is very likely that we will witness the discovery of totally new phenomena some of them only suspected of existing in the universe there will be several main directions of exploration such as the interaction between intense laser beams and matter the study of photonuclear reactions (the nuclear reactions produced by photons via a gamma beam) the possibility to create matter out of a void with the help of intense radiation fields and so on What collaborations do you have with other research institutes or companies Eight of the projects approved are newly introduced Among them are Turnu Magurele – Nicopole Hydrotechnical Complex on the Danube River and Tarnita – Lapustesti Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant (PSHPP) Turnu Magurele – Nicopole Hydrotechnical Complex would ensure the long-term economic development of Turnu Magurele city as well as the water supply of nearby towns and villages so they are no longer dependent on the Danube’s levels The future hydropower installed capacity will be about 400 MW that will help increase the energy security of Romania and lower dependence on imports this could be a new way of communication and railway land between Romania and Bulgaria Another objective by creating Turnu Magurele – Nicopole Hydrotechnical Complex will be regulating the Danube with positive effects for flood protection by embankments and drainage works or port raising works the government relies on the economic revitalization of the region of Turnu Magurele creating new jobs and benefitting from infrastructure modernization Tarnita – Lapustesti PSHPP is an objective of national interest considering the essential role that it will have in the participation to the necessary frequency-power ratio upon the commissioning of the 3 and 4 CNE Cernavoda groups the construction of hydroelectric pumped storage pumping Tarnita – Lapustesti represents a priority to short and medium-term strategy for development of the Romanian energy sector in the period 2007 – 2020 600 power plants with accumulation through pumping are operated while 60 more are being either built or designed the Government of Romania approved the investment needed for the pumped storage hydropower plant (PSHPP) Tarnita – Lapustesti through the company HIDRO TARNITA SA The PSHPP Tarnita – Lapustesti hydro power plant with accumulation through pumping will be built in Cluj county on the left mountainside adjacent to the Tarnita reservoir The superior accumulation will take place in the area of the Lapustesti plateau The plant’s design provides four reversible groups and its construction is provided to take place during two stages Being a plant with accumulation through pumping it will ensure a safety increase in the operation of the electric energy system The construction of the Tarnita – Lapustesti PSHPP means a green-field investment valued by ISPH PD Designer who conducted the feasibility study of the Romanian side at about 1 billion euros (excl The investment required for connection to the National Power System (NPS) includes lines Tarnita – Gadalin new cells in Cluj – Gadalin and Mintia stations the output power station from PSHPP and will be secured by CN Transelectrica SA Romanian authorities have announced the completion of the feasibility study for Magurele Science Park a socio-economic platform that will serve as a business incubator and research facility with the purpose of offering development opportunities for the entrepreneurial environment in the Bucharest and Ilfov area The first phase of the project will be built on a 5-hectare space in Magurele town located on the south-western edge of Bucharest close to the ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Power) research center which is the home of the well-known “Magurele laser” with a total investment of EUR 300 million The project’s website reads: “Magurele Science Park will encourage the convergence between the most competitive sectors of Romanian research and innovative entrepreneurship. It will contribute to the development of an attractive ecosystem for national and international knowledge-based companies and institutions, and as a result it will bring an important contribution to the regional and national economic development.” told BR that the MSP is modelled after the Science Parks in Barcelona and Malaga which both initially started with 5 hectares and developed into major innovation and technology centers as big as 200 and 400 hectares respectively He says that the main objectives of the Science Park is to put a stop to the talent exodus that Romania is experiencing as educated young people keep leaving the country as well as to encourage a culture of innovative entrepreneurship “MSP will allow us to compete with the world of tomorrow.” The president of the Ilfov Council told BR that in about a week a decision will be made regarding the auction procedure for the projection and execution of the first phase of MSP, which will be built on the initial available space of 5 hectares using the current available budget of EUR 17 million from the Ilfov Council. “A realistic estimation for the completion of this first phase of MSP would be at least two years since the project is quite complex,” says Petrache the timely delivery also depends on the quality of the contracted companies The Ilfov Council president hopes that the World Bank will agree to hold the auction for both projection and execution as it can attract more trustworthy companies than the Council because an institution like the World Bank can impose stricter criteria for the companies participating in auctions and can thus ensure more efficiency from contractors “We’re building a platform that will be able to open up a dialogue between research, academia, the economic sector and society. It will be open to everyone, to companies and researchers in Romania and abroad, who can take part in creating things we can’t even imagine right now,” said Marian Petrache about the Magurele Science Park. President Klaus Iohannis congratulated the local authorities involved in the project and said it is an important step for increasing connectivity between the academic and private sectors and that it will allow the development of an attractive environment for the type of interdisciplinary research that contributes more and more to the transfer of good practices and innovative methods between various branches of sciences Klaus Iohannis also noted that a project like MSP also needs to be supported by good road and rail transport and infrastructure which are currently lacking in the Magurele area Marian Petrache told BR that there are many ways in which the infrastructure issue could be resolved and that authorities just need to understand the importance of the Science Park and how much value it can bring to the community “Of course the platform will be even more competitive if there’s a motorway nearby as well as if there’s a transport corridor between Otopeni and Magurele,” he said The European Commission has approved the second phase of the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) project Over EUR 140 million will be disbursed from the European Regional Development Fund in order to ensure the continuation of works started in 2013 The ELI-NP project is a European center for ultra-high intensity lasers where research will be conducted into laser matter interaction nuclear science and material science by means of laser driven radiation beams started in 2006 as a proposal on the roadmap of the European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) and later received funding through the European Union FP7 Programme According to European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu as well as “the first EU investment in the research infrastructure of the new member states a product of European excellence that redesigns the boundaries of knowledge through the use of high technology.” The European project ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics) will start with the construction of the compound will host the highest laser in the world The construction of the compound starts today and will be completed in 2014 The compound will be built on a seismic shock absorber in order to avoid the disaster that might be produced by vibrations “What is important about this compound is that the main building will be unique, in the sense that it will be disconnected from the ground, because no vibration whatsoever is allowed. It is placed in its entirety on a set of shock absorbers,” said Mihnea Costoiu, delegate minister for Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technologic Development, quoted by Mediafax. The European Commission has funded the second ELI pillar which is focused on laser-based nuclear physics of 4,406 square meters and one for the gamma rays There will also  be a space for laboratories with a surface of 2,396 square meters The construction of these buildings will be carried out by a consortium led by the Austrian group Strabag. The consortium also includes Zublin and Aedificia Carpati.   Romania and Bulgaria have agreed to build two hydropower plants on the Danube which should be operational within the next five to six years 0 Romania’s state-owned company Hidroelectrica will be the main contractor on both projects The construction of the two hydropower plants could take an estimated five to six years The first power plant will be located between Turnu Măgurele in Romania and Nikopol in Bulgaria Feasibility studies have already been produced for this project The second hydropower plant will be near Silistra on the Bulgarian side and Călărași on the Romanian side The feasibility study for this project is only in the initial stage The two plants will be used jointly by the two neighboring countries based on the model of HPPs at the Iron Gate, operated jointly by Romania and Serbia, Balkan Insight reported citing a document published on Tuesday by the Bulgarian government The first studies for the Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol complex were made in the 1960s Romania and Bulgaria signed the first agreement in 1975 but the HPP project has been on hold for decades as the Bulgarian side has so far been reluctant to support the construction of the hydroelectric power plant The hydropower system consists of two hydropower plants that are identical in equipment and power Hydropower complex Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol will provide 4.4 TWh of electricity a year The hydropower complex Turnu Măgurele – Nikopol should provide 4.4 TWh of electricity annually The facility will have substations on both river banks interconnected by a transmission line across the Danube The project also envisions the construction of two bridges over the dams in this complex and it will have two locks for river traffic navigation The energy ministers of the two countries, Virgil Popescu and Rossen Hristov, have already discussed these projects Representatives of the two countries are expected to sign a memorandum of cooperation on the joint projects next month Bulgaria plans to develop a total of 870 MW of new hydropower projects by 2030 Bulgaria expects the two new hydropower plants to increase its energy independence. The projects are also an integral part of Bulgaria’s 2053 energy strategy Bulgaria plans to develop 870 MW of new hydropower projects by 2030 and 1.27 GW by 2050 A study recently prepared by the Bucharest-based Energy Policy Group (EPG) cites the construction of a joint artificial energy island in the Black Sea as the potential for cooperation between Romania and Bulgaria which would allow further development of offshore wind projects The study notes that developing offshore wind farms is one of the best ways to decarbonize the energy sector in the two countries In the past several months, Romanian companies revived a string of abandoned hydropower projects 05 May 2025 - The Trebinje 3 photovoltaic plant would have an installed capacity of 53.63 MW and an estimated annual production of 85.5 GWh 05 May 2025 - VDE Renewables found that SolarEdge’s advanced safety capabilities minimize photovoltaic system risks and effectively prevent fire hazards Still, for Romania’s scientific community and, in the recent years, for scientists all over the world, Magurele is one of the most important points in the world. Because the Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering in Magurele (IFIN-HH) is carrying out the project Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) it can be mistaken for someone’s nickname on messenger or a car registration number in an unknown country this sequence of letters has a completely different meaning Besides the fact that it is the largest research projects in the history of Romania It’s difficult to imagine for someone who is a stranger to research what this means But translating the technical specifications of this facility we can get an idea of the role this laser is meant to play in everyday life The use of very intense laser beams and gamma rays could have significant effects in nuclear physics the laser in Magurele will allow the study of physical phenomena that are just theoretical for now Such a laser could help treat cancer without subjecting patients to the pain of chemotherapy as we know it now with applications in the field of space travel the production of materials resistant to cosmic radiation Such research could make its own contribution to finding a new home for the human species mankind doesn’t have long to stay on Terra we can only hope that the researchers at ELI-NP will find such materials 50 are Romanians who decided to return to the country the laser in Magurele will have a team of 300 researchers this high-power laser could be used for the disposal of radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants Such an application might have the gift of changing the opinion of a minority on nuclear energy making its use no longer be seen with skepticism this would relieve Nuclearelectrica of a significant investment in the Saligny radioactive waste repository The fact that it consists of two components: two high-power lasers (two arms of 10-petawatt each 10-petawatt meaning 10% of the Sun’s power) and a gamma ray generator with performance characteristics an important moment in the existence of this project occurred in May this year when the laser in Magurele was subjected to a first test It will operate at its rated capacity in less than two years from now on Cea de-a șasea ediție a Școlii de Vară de Știință și Tehnologie de la Măgurele (MSciTeh) a început 21 august 2023 și a avut tema „Aplicațiile științei și cercetării pentru sănătate” Școala de Vară s-a desfășurat sub patronajul Ministerului Cercetării Programul își propune să le facă accesibile participanților laboratoarele de cercetare experiența cercetătorilor de la institutele de pe Platforma de Educație și Cercetare din Măgurele a cadrelor didactice din Universitatea din București și ale invitaților acestora pentru stimularea și creșterea interesului față de știință care a avut loc începând cu ora 12:00 în Sala de Festivități a Institutului de Fizică și Inginerie Nucleară „Horia Hulubei” (IFIN-HH) (Strada Reactorului nr au fost anunțați să ia cuvântul ministrul Cercetării directorul proiectului Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics al IFIN-HH directorul Consiliului Studiilor Universitare de Doctorat al Universității din București directorul general al Institutului de Fizică Atomică directorul general al Institutului Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica Pământului Sesiunea de deschidere a evenimentului a fost moderată de lect cadru didactic la Facultatea de Jurnalism și Științele Comunicării a Universității din București 6 facultăți și 7 institute colaborează pentru Școala de Vară Școala de Vară de Știință și Tehnologie de la Măgurele este un eveniment organizat în consorțiul ReCoNnect – Noaptea Cercetătorilor Institutul de Fizică și Inginerie Nucleară „Horia Hulubei” (IFIN-HH) și Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica Pământului (INFP) Pe lângă cercetătorii celor două institute sunt implicate cadre didactice și studenți de la Universitatea din București Facultatea de Geologie și Geofizică Facultatea de Jurnalism și Științele Comunicării și Facultatea de Psihologie și Științele Educației institutele de fizică de pe platforma Măgurele Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica Laserilor Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica Materialelor Institutul de Fizică Atomică și Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Optoelectronică Mai multe detalii cu privire la ediția din 2023 a MSciTeh pot fi consultate pe https://msciteh.educatiepentrustiinta.ro it may store or retrieve information on your browser Control your personal Cookie Services here We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities Complying with those guidelines helps 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an OCR (optical character recognition) technology To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys trigger buttons and links using the Enter key navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear and not allow the focus drift outside of it Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus) and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible we are continually improving our accessibility updating and improving its options and features and developing and adopting new technologies All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics) will consist of the most powerful laser beams and the most advanced gamma beams in the world who is director general of the Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering noted in the KPMG Research & Innovation Guide “The ultrahigh power and intensity of pulses will produce electric fields so strong that they may alter and sense the texture of the vacuum itself.” While the laser beams will have 10 PW of power each but the duration of the laser pulse is extremely brief Scientists involved in the project explained that 10PW means 1,000 times the cumulated power of electrical power plants from all over the world “If such a powerful laser pulse lasted for just one second, it would require all the electrical energy produced in the world for two weeks to fuel it,” they said, quoted by Mediafax newswire. Construction of the facility that will host the lasers and gamma beams has begun in Magurele The ceremony for the inauguration of the works took place in the presence of Johannes Hahn representatives of the R&D institutes and others The compound that will host the ELI-NP project will be built on seismic shock absorbers “The main building will be unique, in the sense that it will be disconnected from the ground, because no vibration whatsoever is allowed. It is placed in its entirety on a set of shock absorbers, because at that kind of power, it would spell disaster if even a pair of high heels were felt,” said Mihnea Costoiu, delegate minister for scientific research, quoted by Mediafax. There will also be a space for laboratories with a surface of 2,396 sqm The construction of these buildings will be carried out by a consortium led by Austrian group Strabag, which also includes Zublin and Aedificia Carpati. The European Commission has granted the Magurele pillar nearly EUR 356 million of funds It creates a platform for technological applications and an industry with high added-value and potential for exporting technologies as well as creating jobs and an environment for a cluster of development in which SMEs grow in a certain field of activity The economic development will generate income for the state budget The project can be expected to be financially self supporting within a few years this is how success is measured for public investments,” Serban Toader The project is estimated to create 13,000 new jobs Top researchers from all over the world can apply for the 1,000 available positions “ELI should not only encourage Romanian specialists to stay but also be an incentive for the Romanian scientists who have already left the country to return It should also attract specialists of all nationalities from around the world,” says Razvan Nan ELI-NP will have a value of EUR 356 million the European Commission has come up with structural funds of EUR 180 million the ELI-NP project has the potential to generate total investments of around EUR 3-4 billion,” says Toader the Romanian authorities need to come up with the infrastructure around the project Magurele is just 18 kilometers away from Bucharest A ring road is under construction and there are also plans for a new ring railway Magurele already hosts top national research organizations such as the Institute of Atomic Physics the National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering the Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest and 8 out of 19 strategic research facilities it will become a hub which should spell opportunities for transportation and cab companies The research carried out in Magurele will have applicability in medical sciences – especially imaging and cancer treatments – pharmaceuticals nuclear materials and radioactive waste management “ELI-NP will provide a great boost to Romanian scientific research bringing it to the forefront of global innovation I would like to think that one day a Nobel Prize winner will emerge from ELI-NP’s activities Let’s hope that he or she will be a Romanian!” says Toader otilia.haraga@business-review.ro The undersigned, SIERRA QUADRANT BRANCH BUCHAREST SPRL, headquartered in Bucharest, Str. Traian no.2, Ans.Unirii, bl.F1, section 3, Fl.1, apt.3, sector 3, registration number RFO II-0393, CUI RO 25852407, email office.bucuresti@sierraquadrant.ro as the judicial liquidator of DONAU CHEM SRL registered with the Trade Register Office under no for the sale of the “Donau Chem Industrial Asset” The starting price at the auction is 89,448,120 lei without VAT. The legal provisions regarding the VAT regime in force at the time of sale apply. it is necessary to pay a participation guarantee of 10% of the starting price of the auction This amount must be directly deposited into the bank account of the selling company with the IBAN RO47 BREL 0002 0011 1685 0100 The remaining price difference must be guaranteed through a bank guarantee letter and the bidder must also purchase the bid book The cost of the bid book is 15,000 Euro + VAT and it must be paid into the liquidator’s bank account with the following IBAN: RO80BTRLRONCRT0520972801 The participation conditions in the auction and other details regarding the sale and auctioning can be found in the bid book which potential participants can consult by making a prior appointment at the liquidator’s office Short description of the “Donau Chem Industrial Asset” The “Donau Chem Industrial Asset” is composed of real estate consisting of land with a total surface of 1,433,710.00 sqm located in Turnu Măgurele on which there are buildings and special constructions serving the production process or in which the technological equipment and installations are incorporated The mobile assets consist of fixed assets such as equipment, installations, machinery, etc., stocks, and goods held by third parties. The production facilities consist of an urea plant Detailed information about the industrial asset’s components and the technological flow can be found in the bid book Interested parties can request additional information and schedule a viewing of the asset by email at: office.bucuresti@sierraquadrant.ro in partnership with the Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) and with the National Institute of Research and Development for Earth Physics (INFP) organizes under the patronage of the Education Community for Science the first edition of the Măgurele Science and Technology Summer School Aimed both for highschool pupils as well as for teachers teaching STEM disciplines in gymnasium and highschool secondary education the classes will take place from 27th of August to 3rd of September 2018 and shall be organized in two sections highschool pupils shall have the occasion to perform different laboratory exercises and get used to scientific methods and research techniques used in Măgurele laboratories teachers teaching STEM disciplines in gymnasium and highschool secondary education will learn different alternatives to teach and will have the opportunity to discover the resources they will use for the teaching process The Măgurele Science and Technology Summer School aims to introduce its pupils into scientific instruments and critical thinking and offer them the opportunity to initiate research projects together with scientists from Măgurele school is an opportunity for teachers to be formed in the spirit of innovative pedagogical methods and stay in touch with the latest news in which regards STEM education Research themes for pupils and teachers are in the field of physics and engineering life sciences and environment and digital technologies in research Out of the subjects aimed for pupils’ research experiments and projects can be reminded: development assembly with interface Internet of Things (IoT) for experimental facilities observations of medicines effects on tumoral cells exposed to ionizing radiations; analysis regarding communication in animals world; applications of artificial intelligence in the analysis of scientific data; preparing and characterizing nanometric structures with applicability in electronics and optoelectronics; astrophysics – galaxies and black holes; behavior of ground-structure system during earthquakes; processing systems with plasma for modification of surfaces etc The partners of the event are the Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics research (ELI-NP) the National Institute of Materials Physics (INFIM) the National Institute of Research and Development in Optoelectronics (INOE) The project benefits of the financial support of the Bucharest Științescu Fund administered by the Bucharest Community Foundation More information regarding the event may be accessed on the site of Măgurele Science and Technology Summer School, as well as on Facebook page