Citizens were involved in the local decision making process to valorise investments for sustainable urban mobility and achieve the objective of a “greener the Municipality of Ramnicu Valcea organised the closing event of the Citizen Jury on Urban Mobility  The Citizen Jury brought together a group of 20 citizens representative of the population of the city to discuss and formulate recommendations for the City Council to make public transport more appealing to the public The event gathered public authorities from the local and the national level in Romania as well as representatives from the European Commission and OECD experts on deliberative processes to present the results of this pilot experience and share the lessons learned The city of Ramnicu Valcea is conducting huge efforts in transitioning towards the substantial reduction of CO2 emissions in line with the EU-wide objective of Net Zero by 2050 These efforts are supported by EU Cohesion Policy: Ramnicu Valcea plans to invest 32 million euro in the local sustainable urban mobility plan in the upcoming coming years Involving citizens in the decision-making process of the measures that enable the green transition is key to enhance their effectiveness and acceptability A Citizen Jury is an example of representative deliberative processes A deliberative process consists in a randomly selected group of people who are broadly representative of a community that comes together to spend significant time to learn are a set of collective recommendations for policy makers The Citizen Jury on Urban Mobility is the result of a joint effort of the Municipality of Ramnicu Valcea and the Civil Society Organisation Valcea Community Foundation together with the technical support of the OECD experts of innovative citizen participation under the aegis of the Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission The City sent 2000 letters to random households across the city Citizens who manifested their interest in participating were then sorted according to gender The Jury convened for six days of work between interactive learning sessions with experts The Jurors presented the final recommendations to the Mayor and the City Council Each recommendation will now be analysed by the technical departments of the Municipality and receive a detailed response from the City Council on its feasibility All the feasible recommendations will be implemented the Citizen Jury of Ramnicu Valcea is the first deliberative process ever recorded in Romania The Citizen Jury of Ramnicu Valcea is part of the pilot initiative “Innovative Implementation of the Partnership Principle in EU cohesion Policy” beneficiaries and civil society organisations The project aims at experimenting and institutionalising  innovative methodologies to involve citizens in policy making applied to an improved management and monitoring of EU funds under cohesion policy 11 pilot projects are taking place across 7 EU member states Thüringer HC secured a place in the EHF European League Women 2024/25 quarter-finals in a dramatic fashion as Csenge Kuczora successfully converted a penalty shot in the dying seconds to seal a 27:26 win against ATTICGO Bm Elche The victory means Thüringer are guaranteed to finish second in group A Dunarea Braila and Larvik crucial for the final spot Fredrikstad Ballklubb’s journey in the competition ended thanks to Paris 92’s first win of the group phase The 28:29 loss for Fredrikstad means Super Amara Bera Bera will progress from group D alongside their Sunday opponents HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Flames 9,305 spectators witnessed BV Borussia Dortmund's 29:28 victory against Sola HK to secure third place in group B Ikast Håndbold handed SCM Ramnicu Valcea their first defeat (36:34) in the group phase and HSG Blomberg-Lippe defeated Motherson Mosonmagyarovari KC 33:28 to book the top spot in group C Two out of the four quarter-finals pairings are already confirmed: Thüringer HC will play SCM Ramnicu Valcea while Super Amara Bera Bera will meet HSG Blomberg-Lippe Fredrikstad Ballklubb (NOR) vs Paris 92 (FRA) 28:29 (11:13) Even though Paris 92 were already eliminated from the race to reach the quarter-finals the inspired visitors were determined to avoid a winless campaign in the group phase and made Fredrikstad Ballklubb's life as hard as possible Despite the Norwegian club enjoying an early lead once Paris took control of the match ahead of half-time it was a difficult task for the hosts to catch Stephane Plantin's squad Fredrikstad made a late attempt to recover from a five-goal deficit Paris 92 were much calmer as well as more efficient in crunch time The visitors’ first win ended Fredrikstad’s hopes of reaching the quarter-finals Magdele Kvarving Sandtrø scored seven goals and was the match's top scorer while Emmanuelle Thobor was Paris 92's top scorer with five You said no to using cookies or similar tools that help improve your experience. To see this content, you would need to update your Privacy Preferences Thüringer HC (GER) vs ATTICGO Bm Elche (ESP) 27:26 (13:15) BV Borussia Dortmund (GER) vs Sola HK (NOR) 29:28 (19:14) Ikast Håndbold (DEN) vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) 36:34 (18:17) HSG Blomberg-Lippe (GER) vs Motherson Mosonmagyarovari KC (HUN) 33:28 (15:13) FEATURE: Latvian right back to play with Melsungen at Maschinensucher EHF Finals in Hamburg FEATURE: Thüringer HC left back becomes MVP and top scorer of EHF Finals Women after netting 29 times in Graz SUMMARY: Thüringer HC are crowned in Graz as the new EHF European League Women champions following an intense final against Ikast Håndbold FLASH QUOTES: Comments from players and coaches after the EHF Finals Women 2025 final and third place match FINAL REVIEW: THC come from behind to beat Ikast 34:32 at the EHF Finals in Graz THIRD-PLACE MATCH REVIEW: The French side beat their opponents from Germany at the EHF Finals Women FINAL PREVIEW: Ikast Håndbold meet Thüringer HC in final; Blomberg and Dijon play for third place SUMMARY: Ikast Håndbold and Thüringer HC celebrated semi-final wins in Graz as they get ready for the final on Sunday SEMI-FINAL REVIEW: The German side beat Dijon 35:29 in the second semi-final of the EHF Finals Women FLASH QUOTES: Comments from players and coaches after the EHF Finals Women 2025 semi-finals This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 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 one of the largest players in the Romanian varnish and paint production industry inaugurates a new factory on the Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea industrial platform following an investment of 3 million euros located on the site of the former Chempro factory is the result of an extensive modernization process The decorative plaster factory on the Oltchim platform is expected to generate The new production facility has an area of ​​3,776 square meters and includes high-performance and robotic operational capabilities state-of-the-art technology equipment and logistics and administrative spaces “Today we start a new chapter in the development of EVOLOR We thus add to over 30 years of expertise and performance in the varnish and paint industry know-how and investments necessary to accelerate the transformation of EVOLOR into a formidable player on the European construction materials market ” to develop a new production section of washable paints a production section of ecological varnishes and enamels and a logistics center for the distribution of finished products EVOLOR purchased 6 plots of land with a total area of ​​13,518 sqm in addition to the initial investment in the hall and the related land of 12,321 sqm the total area intended for the development of operations is 25,839 sqm teams with vision and implementation capacity and real value added to Made in Romania products The inauguration of the EVOLOR factory on the Oltchim platform concretely shows that reindustrialization has already begun and we are happy to be promoters of this process We continue to believe that Romania has every chance to export competitive industrial champions to Europe and fulfill our assumed promises” in a difficult market context for the construction materials industry EVOLOR recorded a turnover of 53.7 million RON again marking an increase of 8.3% compared to the same period from 2023 EVOLOR launched export operations to markets in Israel and Moldova Republic While commercial relations to Isreal have been stopped at this time this year brought new export to the United Kingdom One of the company’s strategic goals in 2025 is to increase export volumes in all foreign markets where it is already active and to open new export channels.   Right next door is another luxury car dealership selling a variety of other high-end European rides It's as if the sheer magic of wealth has shimmered the glass-and-steel buildings into being expensive cars choke the streets of Râmnicu Vâlcea's bustling city center—top-of-the-line BMWs and Mercedes driven by twenty- and thirtysomething men sporting gold chains and fidgeting at red lights I ask my cab driver if these men all have high-paying jobs and wiggles his fingers as if typing on a keyboard "They steal money on the Internet," he says Among law enforcement officials around the world the city of 120,000 has a nickname: Hackerville It's something of a misnomer; the town is indeed full of online crooks but only a small percentage of them are actual hackers Most specialize in ecommerce scams and malware attacks on businesses these schemes have brought tens of millions of dollars into the area over the past decade fueling the development of new apartment buildings Râmnicu Vâlcea is a town whose business is cybercrime At a restaurant in a neighborhood of apartment buildings and gated bungalows two of just four local cops on the digital beat "My English will improve after I have a few beers," he says We sit at a table on the edge of a big courtyard "We had half an hour of cartoons on Sunday," Stoica says a revolution that began with anti-government riots ended with the execution of Ceauşescu and his wife and the country began the switch to a market economy when Stoica finished high school and went off to the police academy in Bucharest another revolution was beginning: the Internet Râmnicu Vâlcea was better off than many towns in this relatively poor country—it had a decades-old chemical plant and a modest tourism industry But many young men and women struggled to find work No one really knows how or why those kids started scamming people on the Internet head of Romania's Directorate for Investigation on Organized Crime and Terrorism and crooks in Râmnicu Vâlcea got busy posting fake ads on eBay and other auction sites to lure victims into remitting payments by wire transfer FBI agents in the US and Bucharest started to get interested the perpetrators weren't exactly geniuses One of the first cases out of the region involved a team based in the neighboring town of Piteşti One crook would post ads for cell phones; the other picked up the wired money for orders that would never ship The two men had made a few hundred dollars from victims in the US and the guy receiving the cash hadn't even bothered to use a fake ID "I found him sitting in an Internet café a Piteşti cop who had been working the cybercrime beat One early advance was establishing fake escrow services: Victims would be asked to send payments to these supposedly trustworthy third parties which had websites that made them look like legitimate companies To explain unbelievably low prices for used cars a crook would pose as a US soldier stationed abroad with a vehicle in storage back home that he had to sell (That tale also established a plausible US contact to receive the money instead of someone in Romania.) In the early years the thieves would simply ask for advance payment for the nonexistent vehicle the sellers began offering to send the cars for inspection—asking for no payment except "shipping." The con artists got even sneakier. "They learned to create scenarios," says Michael Eubanks, an FBI agent in Bucharest "We've seen email between criminals with instructions on how to respond to different questions." The scammers started hiring English speakers to craft emails to US targets Specialists emerged to occupy niches in the industry designing fake websites or coordinating low-level confederates Romania had become widely known as a haven for online fraud and buyers became wary of sending money there arranging for payments to be wired to other European countries people who'd act as couriers and money launderers for a cut of the take and their existence elevated Râmnicu Vâlcea to a hub of international organized crime Many arrows were Romanians living in Western Europe and the US; some were youngsters from Râmnicu Vâlcea who had moved overseas expressly for the job They'd go to wire transfer offices to collect remittances from victims then turn around and wire that money—minus a commission—to Râmnicu Vâlcea or to other arrows in the network making it much more difficult for law enforcement to track the masterminds the local police were starting to realize they needed people on the cybercrime beat full-time who'd studied informatics in high school before attending the police academy was working drug cases in Bucharest when he decided to come home He ended up joining Stoica on the hunt for online con artists The two learned that suspects expect leniency from the police because their crimes target only foreigners 'I am not stealing from our countrymen,'" Frunza says Stoica and Frunza occasionally find themselves investigating a childhood acquaintance or running into known criminals in social situations Frunza used to play on the same soccer team as a suspect who was under surveillance Those connections have helped the two cops pose a formidable challenge to the industry Stoica hushes our conversation and tells me to turn around and check out a table across the courtyard where a small group of flashily dressed young men has just arrived with two blond women who seem barely out of their teens "It's a small city," Stoica says Defining the town center of Râmnicu Vâlcea is a towering shopping mall that looks like a giant glass igloo The streets are lined with gleaming storefronts—leather accessories Italian fashions—serving a demand fueled by illegal income now closed by police because its backers were shady New construction grinds ahead on nearly every block But what really stands out in Râmnicu Vâlcea are the money transfer offices At least two dozen Western Union locations lie within a four-block area downtown the company's black-and-yellow signs proliferating like the Starbucks mermaid circa 2003 Driving past a block of low-rise buildings with neatly trimmed hedges Stoica notes a couple of apartments owned by people currently under investigation "I don't know if the people of Râmnicu Vâlcea are too smart or too stupid," Stoica says grimly They ask their high school friends: 'Hey I want to use you as an arrow.' Then the arrow learns to do the scams himself." "There may also be local political resources that provide a degree of protection." Online thievery as a ticket to the good life spread from the early pioneers to scores of young men infecting Râmnicu Vâlcea's social fabric The con artists were the ones with the nice cars and fancy clothes—the local kids made good the clustering of operations in one place made it that much easier for more to get started "There's a high concentration of people offering the kinds of services you need to build a criminal scheme," says Gary Dickson an FBI agent who worked in Bucharest from 2005 to 2010 you can find a buyer for your services." Stoica and Frunza both complain that they're fighting an unstoppable tide with limited resources But they haven't been entirely unsuccessful—in fact the 2008 case that first revealed the anatomy of Râmnicu Vâlcea's fraud networks stemmed from Stoica's investigation of a young entrepreneur named Romeo Chita Stoica says Chita started out as an arrow in the UK He moved up the ranks and eventually hired a few friends to establish his own ring The Romanian authorities began investigating him in 2006 when he started buying new cars every few months and going to clubs every night with no apparent source of legitimate income Chita launched an Internet service provider called NetOne which authorities believe he was using as a shelter for fraudulent activity When cops wanted to identify his customers Chita usually told them that NetOne didn't keep records an informant gave Stoica the cell numbers of two men working for Chita and the next day one of the men sent Chita a text message with money transfer control numbers—unique numeric sequences required to pick up cash Stoica and his team followed up with surveillance of Chita and his associates which established what Stoica calls "the money circuit," the route through which the funds flowed from victims in the US to Chita and others Prosecutors now allege that the operation turned into something a little more sophisticated than the usual Râmnicu Vâlcea scam the case against them details a con known as spear phishing—sending email to US companies that appeared to be from the IRS Through Trojan horses attached to these emails Chita's group could obtain the companies' bank account numbers and passwords they even hired people in Las Vegas—Stoica says some were homeless—to open fake corporate bank accounts and receive the money The same month that Stoica began pursuing Chita a police officer stopped a car for speeding in the Westlake suburb of Cleveland the cop noticed some drug paraphernalia in the car and arrested the two men inside A further search turned up eight cell phones The pair turned out to be Romanian and eventually confessed to being arrows for an organization authorities traced back to Chita They had spent most of January driving around the Midwest picking up money from various Western Union and MoneyGram locations Their confessions led to more wiretaps and surveillance in the US and Romania over the following months uncovering a network of at least two dozen accomplices Chita spent 14 months in custody before being granted a provisional release pending the completion of his trial On an org chart filed in Stoica's office Class Café is an inviting coffee shop with a terrace that overlooks a quiet street It's nearly empty when I walk in—just the owner behind the counter and a young couple at a corner table Stoica discouraged me from attempting this meeting but I wanted to know what an alleged kingpin looks like I ask the owner if he knows where Chita is he hangs up and tells me that Chita is in Bucharest I remind him that Chita isn't allowed to leave Râmnicu Vâlcea under the terms of his release Stoica had pointed out Chita's silver Mercedes on the road so I ignore the green Jaguar that drives up until a man in Bermuda shorts He introduces himself as Chita's brother He licks his lips nervously and fidgets with an iPhone "Chita's coming," he says after lighting a cigarette and making some phone calls Chita walks around the corner and ambles into the café he looks more like a college student than a criminal mastermind Despite the reputation of Râmnicu Vâlcea's underworld as relatively free of violence he has brought along some muscle—a young man in dark glasses with a big tattoo on his arm The bodyguard slams a beer bottle down on the table and flexes his hand Chita shakes my hand dourly and sits down next to me The young couple from the corner comes over to greet Chita with fawning smiles and handshakes The tattooed man leans toward me ominously "Were you sent by Barack Obama?" he asks I spell my name and tell him to search for my stories on his iPhone He Googles me and shows the screen to his brother and I silently give thanks for wireless broadband Marian asks the young couple to translate for Chita "What do you say to the charges against you?" I ask "It's all bullshit." For clarification Chita continues with his defense in Romanian and the couple translates enthusiastically "He doesn't even know how to speak English so it is impossible for him to post ads or exchange email with buyers," the young woman says "He doesn't even have an email address," she says "How can he do fraud on the Internet?" I press Chita about the wiretapped conversations but his tattooed bodyguard interrupts loudly we send you some nice pussy," he says raising his hand for a high five that I feel obligated to meet and Chita takes a final drag from his cigarette before rising from his chair He's in no mood to discuss the evidence "This interview is over," Marian says They saunter out of the café and onto the sidewalk, looking surprisingly banal for guys accused of organized cybercrime, enjoying the good life with little effort or risk. Officials have dismantled a few fraud rings in recent years—there were just 188 arrests in all of Romania in 2010—but scores remain in business. Yudhijit Bhattacharjee (yudhijit@gmail.com) is a staff writer at Science. He wrote about decoding a spy's messages in issue 18.02. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking The feast of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Iberian was celebrated on Tuesday in Râmnicu Vâlcea in the presence of a hierarch from the Saint’s country of origin Metropolitan Theodor of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti The celebrations were attended by other guests from Georgia Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic presided over the Divine Liturgy Concelebrants included Metropolitan Theodor of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti and Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Qais of Erzurum (Antioch Patriarchate) Attending the Divine Liturgy were Consul Nina Pipia hegumen Grigori Kurtsikidze of St Anthimos Monastery in Georgia and the Irmisa Children’s Choir from St Anthimos the Iberian’s natal village Metropolitan Theodor of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti focused on the life and works of Saint Anthimos the Iberian Additional details about the Saint were offered by Archbishop Varsanufie: “He offered books to the ministers of the holy altars and to all the people thirsting for faith and culture which led to the strengthening of the unity of the language of religious texts “His merits were appreciated by the generations that followed him in the cultural field and that placed the ecclesiastical language at the foundation of the Romanian literary language in the following centuries the Holy Hieromartyr Anthimos the Iberian was placed in the gallery of the founders of Romanian culture and language,” the Archbishop said The Saint was chosen in 1999 as the Spiritual Protector of Râmnicu Vâlcea a city that opened the way to become the ‘capital of printers’ Tuesday’s Divine Liturgy culminated with a broader series of cultural and religious events dedicated to Saint Anthimos in Râmnicu Vâlcea St Anthimos the Iberian was Bishop of Râmnic for three years he printed the Liturgikon and the Euchologion – liturgical books which unified the Romanian literary language in the territories of Romanians The Vatican announced on Monday that all telephone communication within its territory will be suspended during the upcoming conclave.. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the keynote address at the International Scientific Conference “Restarting from Nicaea:.. The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved on October 4th the canonization of Eldress Sophia Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew traveled by air to Antalya the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website Metrics details The aim of this work is to study the impact and characteristics of the meteorological phenomenon that occurred on May 20 we used SAR radar images from the Sentinel-1 series at different dates The methodology consists in exploiting and combining the two polarisations The results obtained can be summarised as the extraction of areas completely covered by water and areas characterised by high roughness and very high humidity The latter (roughness/humidity) can have two different origins The first one corresponds to an area affected by downpours giving a high roughness due to the interaction of water drops with the ground and also to the presence of hail which formed in that particular place as a result of the favourable geomorphological characteristics and meteorological conditions giving a high humidity due to the high water content We also determined the total impacted area of about 96.71 km2 The remaining 36.54 km2 (1.49%) represents the affected rough surface or the humid surface corresponding to the area of the Cumulonimbus head covering the plain The objective of this work is to study the natural phenomenon that occurred on May 20 2020 in a hilly region located in south central Romania between the Southern Carpathians and the Romanian plain and to extract and map its impact and understand its origin The analysis is made over a longer period and over a large area to understand the genesis and evolution of the regional phenomenon optical images are not usable due to cloud cover SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) images are used thanks to their operation all weather night and regardless of meteorological conditions The recorded radiometry gives information on the dielectric (soil moisture) and geometric (roughness) characteristics of the imaged surface The methodology adopted in this work is to exploit the two polarizations extract and map the different areas impacted by the phenomenon of 20 May 2020 we will use three SAR radar images acquired at different dates during and after this event occurred in the county of Vâlcea The role of the two images acquired before and after is to confirm and observe the changes caused in this period They help us to determine the origins by ruling out other sources and keeping only that due to the phenomenon studied The study area is located northwest of Bucharest in the Wallachia region of Romania. It is bounded by longitudes: 24° 02′ 10.41″–24° 44′ 14.82″ East and latitudes: 44° 45′ 18.54″–45° 17′ 33.08″ North. It is shared between three counties, Olt, Argeș and Vâlcea which encompasses the largest part (Fig. 1). Source: https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov Geographical map generated from Landsat 8 OLI satellite images (2021) and produced using ArcGisPro 2.8.1 showing the study area (red frame) and the boundaries of the three counties The county of Vâlcea has a population of 371,714 inhabitants (2011) on an area of 5765 km2, a density of 64 inhab./km2. It has 9 towns and two municipalities, Râmnicu Vâlcea with 98,776 inhabitants (2011) and Drăgășani with 17,871 inhabitants (2011) (Table 2) Its demographic evolution is characterized by a rate of 25.77% from 1930 (295,560 inhabitants) to 2011 This county (Vâlcea) is crossed by the Olt River called Lesser Wallachia and in the East the Muntenia region The Wallachia region represents the southern part of Romania It is chartered by hills and plains that are spread out between the southern slopes of the Carpathians and the northern bank of the Danube This region is characterized by a continental climate and very cold and snowy winters with a slight warming observed in recent decades The increase is distinguished especially in cities because of the decrease of the green spaces and the multiplication of the big buildings in glass and concrete proof of the role of relief in the development of showers: 66 days in Targu Legresti The unity of the high hills (500–1000 m) and of the tectono-erosive submontane depressions overlaps the inscribe and inscribe formations (conglomerates tuffs) generally monoclinic that appear in relief through the ridges where the steep hill fronts are oriented towards the mountain and the inscribed surfaces tilt it slightly towards the Getic Piedmont At contact there is a depressional relief on wide valleys The unit is intensely affected by erosion and landslides Morphometric parameters confirm the landscape of high hills with slopes of 25°–35°: the fragmentation density of the relief of 6–8 and 4–6 km/km2; fragmentation depth/relief energy of 250–300 and 200–250 m The unit of hills with average altitudes of 300–600 m with frequent slopes between 25° and 35° is defined by the Mi-Pliocene structures with diapir folds anticline hills (Magura Slatioara-Govora-Ocnele Mari) and subcarpathian depressions (Ramnicu Valcea-Babeni Ocnele Mari; depression basins appear on the valleys especially at confluences); Density fragmentation density 4–6 km/km2; fragmentation depth of 150–200 and 100–150 m The unit of low hills of 200–400 m presents a relief developed on monoclinic inscriptions deposits to the south the fragmentation density of the relief of 2–4 km/km2; fragmentation depth of 0–50 and 50–100 m The relief with altitudes of 200–400 m can be followed along the valleys Most of the region has average values ​​of fragmentation of 4–6 km/km2 and relief energy of 150 and 200 m Slopes with inclinations of over 25° and 35° have the highest spread due to the corrugated In the valley and at the base of the slopes favoring the accumulation and stagnation of water and eroded materials on the slopes with high slope Artificial water accumulations diminish extreme phenomena in the riverbed The methodology used in this work consists of extracting and mapping the different areas impacted by the meteorological phenomenon that occurred on May 20 The idea is to exploit by combining the two polarizations of the SAR radar wave VV and VH to discriminate between areas completely covered with water and areas partially affected characterized by high roughness and very high moisture (humidity) The concept is to amplify the weak signal by multiplying the backscattered coefficient of the two polarizations σ0VV(db) × σ0VH (db) to discriminate the water surfaces and to use the ratio σ0VV/σ0VH to discriminate the rough and moist surfaces We applied the same approach to the three SAR radar images acquired at different dates during and after this event which occurred in this area of Vâlcea The use of the two images acquired before and after is to confirm and observe the changes caused in this period In this study, we used SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) radar images of the two satellites Sentinel 1A and Sentinel 1B at different dates, acquired respectively before, during and after the floods of 20/05/2020 (Table 3) These data are of the GRDH (Ground Range Detected High-resolution) production type and of the IW (Interferometric Wide) mode of Swath width 250 km with a resolution of 10 m of C-band with wavelength 5.65 cm in double polarization parallel polarization VV and cross polarization VH In order to properly carry out this study, we are based on the weather data for each acquisition date (Tables 4, 5) We also used a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) of 12.5 m resolution production ALOS-PALSAR (Advanced Land Observing Satellite—Phased Array type L- band Synthetic Aperture Radar) for the purpose of geometrical corrections of the data and to interpret the results Flowchart showing the different steps of the performed treatments. Amplitude images of the study area at different dates and different polarization, with the resolution of 10 m, calibrated, geo-referenced, ortho-rectified and filtered, (a) σ0VV (db), 14/05/2020; (b) σ0VH (db), 14/05/2020; (c) σ0VV (db), 20/05/2020; (d) σ0VH (db), 20/05/2020; (e) σ0VV (db), 01/06/2020; (f) σ0VH (db), 01/06/2020. Steps for extraction of water surfaces from a VV and VH combination; (a) σ0VVxVH (db), 14/05/2020; (b) σ0VVxVH (db), 20/05/2020; (c) σ0VVxVH (db), 01/06/2020; (d) extraction water downpour, 20/05/2020; (e) discrimination water downpour area, color white, 20/05/2020; (f) water downpour area, color red, 20/05/2020. Extraction of high moisture/roughness surfaces from a combination of VV and VH; (a) σ0VV/VH 01/06/2020; (d) extraction moisture/roughness downpour 20/05/2020; (e) discrimination moisture/roughness downpour area 20/05/2020; (f) moisture/roughness downpour area All investigations relied on open access data Map produced using ArcGisPro 2.8.1, showing areas of water and moisture/roughness, 14/05/2020. Map produced using ArcGisPro 2.8.1, showing areas of water and moisture/roughness, 20/05/2020. showing areas of water and moisture/roughness The estimate of this DM/R area was calculated using the following formula (1) The humidity (moisture) is a variable in time depending on the humidity rate and the roughness is constant reflecting the geometric characteristics of the imaged surface these two parameters must be eliminated to leave there only the parameters that are due to the events which are produced on 20 May 2020 Histograms of the two polarisations VV and VH of the three SAR images used during (20/05/2020) and after (01/06/2020) the event Images showing the points of the location at the level of the Olt River such as between the two banks Stupărie and Ruda for Point 1 Histograms of the multiplication and division of the two polarizations for each date of the three SAR images used during (20/05/2020) and after (01/06/2020) the downpour Product VV × VH (a–c) and VV/VH ratio (d–f) Source: http://www.inhga.ro/warnings translated to English and modified using ArcGisPro 2.8.1 2020: yellow—first warning level and orange—second warning level (out of three) hail forms during the summer months during a thunderstorm It occurs from the raindrops that form at the bottom of clouds during a thunderstorm Updrafts during a severe storm carry these raindrops from cloud bottoms to cloud tops This cooled water will freeze on contact with ice crystals dust or other matter and form a tiny piece of hail The latter then falls to the bottom of the cloud where it will again be carried upwards by an updraft It will once again be in contact with even colder water which will cause another layer to freeze around the hail which will also explain the different sizes of the hail This system will reproduce itself until the updraft weakens or the weight of the hail increases which is able to heavier in the cloud and eventually fall to the ground Source: https://www.meteoromania.ro. Image showing clouds, acquired on May 20, 2020, (a) at 4:15 p.m. and (b) at 4:30 p.m. Source : https://kachelmannwetter.com/de/info/niederschlagsradar. Map translated to English, showing Radar image acquired on 20/05/2020 at 17:00. Colors indicate simulated maximum radar reflectivity (dBz). Raster map 23.5 E, 44.9 N (zoom level 4 / resolution 400 m). Europe Swiss HD 4 X 4 FROM 20 May 2020/00 z. Updates: approximately 7:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m., 1:45 p.m.–5:15 p.m., 7:45 p.m.–11:15 p.m. and 1:45 a.m.–5:15 a.m. Source: https://kachelmannwetter.com/de/info/niederschlagsradar Map showing the CAPE instability index acquired on 20/05/2020 at 17:00 Cumulonimbuses are characterized by a summit containing ice crystals and vertical extensions can range from 300 m to 17,000 m elevation They are made up of water droplets and ice particles the method used in this work differs by using and combining in the calculation operations the two backscattering coefficients of the two polarizations VV and VH without comparing them thereafter In view of all these different particular situations described it is very difficult to make a faithful comparison because it is about the impact of a very intense phenomenon that is the Cumulonimbus and the hypothesis of a case study rare where the radar wave has difficulty penetrating a cloud This can cause problems in interpreting recorded SAR radar images in these extreme cases the approach chosen in this study already includes and encompasses the different polarizations in the calculations which means that the comparisons between these two quantities are already integrated This advantage makes it possible to eliminate or minimize any errors that may be accumulated by multiplying the steps This greatly facilitates analysis and interpretation Images showing the results of all the indices tested as well as those used in this study; (a–c) NDSI index with its two components and their subtraction; (d–f) NDFI index with its two components and their subtraction; (g–i) NCI index with its two components and their subtraction; (j–l) index RI with its components and their subtraction; (m) WDCID index; (n) MRCDID index The differences between these various methods and ours can be summed up by the fact that the indices tested use a single reference date and a single band our proposed method uses two reference dates and it exploits by combining the two bands of the backscattered signal VV and VH It can also use several reference images by dividing by their sum (\(\sum_{{\varvec{i}}}^{{\varvec{n}}}{{\varvec{\upsigma}}0}_{{\varvec{V}}{\varvec{V}}\times {\varvec{V}}{\varvec{H}}}{(i)}\) for Water and \(\sum_{{\varvec{i}}}^{{\varvec{n}}}{{\varvec{\upsigma}}0}_{{\varvec{V}}{\varvec{V}}/{\varvec{V}}{\varvec{H}}}{(i)}\) for Moisture/Roughness) for Moisture/Roughness) where i:  corresponds to the dates of the reference images used and n: corresponds to the numbers of the reference images used This study allowed us to discriminate and extract the impact of the downpours and their origin Cumulonimbus produced on May 20 using combinations of the two polarizations of the radar wave of the Sentinel-1 series It allowed us to distinguish between surfaces completely covered with water and rough surfaces due to falling hail and the interaction of water drops with the ground increased by the wind factor or a moist surface due to its water content located in the cumulonimbus The latter is characterized by a strong backscattering signal discriminated by the parallel polarization the first surface is represented by a very low backscattering coefficient signal It also allowed us to estimate the areas of these two different areas affected by these downpours This study also showed the importance and advantage of cross-polarization VH in determining water-covered surfaces during weather events and also its help in discriminating rough and wet surfaces by combining it with parallel polarization This work also represents a very rare case where the 'C' band SAR wave fails to penetrate clouds It demonstrates that high density Cumulonimbus clouds can be one of the limitations of SAR imagery but it can also detect and map them All data produced from this study are provided in this manuscript Grecu, F. 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center for criminal hacking and Internet scams They're the pupils who come to school wearing the best clothes and gold jewelry in a region of Romania where chickens are raised in yards and roads are full of potholes almost everyone in the 11th and 12th grade did it," said Alina who worked for a man who bilked Americans and others out of their money online by offering for sale products that did not exist who asked for anonymity out of fear that she would be exposed for criminal actions said she didn't feel bad about it at the time "You rarely feel you're doing any harm when your victim is somewhere across the ocean," she said Cybercrime is in the news lately after Target admitted that a massive data hack may have compromised the personal information of as many as 110 million customers And Reuters reported Sunday that upscale retailer Neiman Marcus has also been the victim of a security breach of credit card customer information Security firms said the thefts may have originated in Eastern Europe where Romania has been a focal point of international cyber-fraud investigators for years now Secret Service have been involved in numerous arrests of Romanians who target Americans in October the Council of Europe — a body that oversees cooperation between European countries — picked the Romanian capital of Bucharest for its latest cybercrime program office FBI instructors have trained nearly 600 Romanian investigators in combating cybercrime In announcing the creation of the new office Romanian President Traian Basescu said he hoped repentant scammers might help police track down cybercriminals "Maybe we'll manage to bring our performing hackers to the good side of the barricade," he said Romania investigators say there were about 1,000 cases of cybercrime in 2012 say every year they arrest around 100 people on cybercrime charges individuals and businesses lose around $397 billion a year due to hacking the head of the Romanian National Police's Cybercrime Unit say the cases take years to litigate because of the difficulty in catching sophisticated hackers Basescu says his country cannot hope to end the enterprise because it doesn't have the resources to do it Police in Romania report that 80% of the cyber attacks originating from Romania target American citizens and companies Embassy in Bucharest has estimated that Romanian cybercriminals steal $1 billion every year by hacking American computers The scams tend to involve Americans who share financial and personal information with people they think are legitimate sellers of products Common schemes include the selling of fake cars and computers or "skimming" — getting someone to reveal financial and password information that is used to fabricate an ATM card and drain a victim's bank account or rack up charges on a credit card "Credit card and internet fraud remain among the most common crimes affecting foreigners in Romania," the U.S Embassy website warns travelers to Romania Justice Department extradited Romanian nationals Cristea Mircea on charges of running a multimillion dollar cyber fraud scheme targeting customers of U.S.-based online marketplaces Cars.com and AutoTrader.com for non-existent cars boats and motorcycles priced between $10,000 and $45,000 and sent potential buyers fraudulent certificates of title and links to fake websites for dealerships that they claimed held the vehicles the victims were sent fake invoices from Amazon Payments or other online payment services.The men allegedly stole more than $2 million prosecutors from the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism arrested 16 people individuals suspected of being members of the credit card fraud ring that netted $25 million Those arrested were accused of hacking into the computer systems of gas stations and grocery stores and installing computer applications that intercept credit card transaction data the directorate arrested members of a cybercrime gang accused of stealing information from 50,000 credit cards across 24 countries Romania's anti-hacking police force has risen from a handful of officers to 280 investigators in seven years But the police might as well be fighting the tide a former Italian hacker who now is an information technology security consultant you have brilliant minds and excellent universities while it's not easy to find a good job," he said and some bad guy offers you money in order to do something that you know how to do and are able to do that brings a very low risk Hacking has triggered a boomlet in Ramnicu Valcea where the economy has otherwise been depressed for years Scammers drive fancy news cars on pothole-filled roads They frequent a mall packed with expensive stores as well as the nightclubs and beauty centers that have sprouted up amid decaying communist-era factories and tall grey apartment blocks Alina said she was playing a video game in an Internet café when a man approached her and asked if she might translate an e-mail into English for him The e-mail was part of a scam involving the fake sale of digital equipment a fortune in a country where the annual per capita income is $13,000 a year Her family used the money for home improvements and school expenses after Alina confessed her hacking to her mother and quit the business "I realized that I was much happier as a normal kid," she said The National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration (CNAIR) informed that for the execution of clearing works on the slope located in the DN 7, driving restrictions will be enforced on the road sector between km 242+600 and km 250+000 For vehicles with a maximum authorized total weight of more than 7.5t:   For vehicles with a maximum authorized total weight < 7.5t the national and county roads in the vicinity of the sector closed to traffic on DN7 can be used as detour routes.  Actions were also initiated to allow access to DN10 for vehicles with a maximum authorized total weight of up to 30t measures were taken so that on the recommended and proposed options during this entire period of driving restrictions no other driving restrictions are in place that could affect the flow and safety of road traffic they are lifted in the shortest possible time (as in the case of the driving restriction for the rehabilitation of the bridge located on DN1 km 194+400 in the area of Vlădeni where road traffic is carried out with traffic lights and traffic signals on a single lane in both directions) The works currently being carried out are to be completed in approximately 2 weeks their continuation being resumed after the lifting of the restrictions on DN7 Traffic users are asked to follow the road signs in this area and also use the route options proposed on the following connections: The map with detour routes is available here.  Romania has been receiving quite a lot of attention in the international press lately If last week it was all about the stray dogs wandering freely on the streets of the country technology-focused monthly magazine and online periodical Wired has published a feture on local town Ramnicu Valcea since it shelters an important network of cybercriminals first notices about the town is how “expensive cars choke the streets of Ramnicu Valcea’s bustling city center—top-of-the-line BMWs and Mercedes driven by twenty- and thirtysomething men sporting gold chains and fidgeting at red lights.” When he asks his cab driver about where these people get their money from he quickly receives his answer: “They steal money on the Internet,” he says Bhattacharjee also discussed with local policemen who helped him establish a short history of the evolution of hackers in the region One of the first cases out of the region involved a team based in the neighboring town of Pitesti One crook would post ads for cell phones; the other picked up the wired money for orders that would never ship.” Later on “They learned to create scenarios,” says Michael Eubanks “We’ve seen email between criminals with instructions on how to respond to different questions.” The scammers started hiring English speakers to craft emails to US targets.” Corina Dumitrescu We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used Chimcomplex concluded a project for investing in innovative technology for environmentally friendly polyol production after the inauguration of one of Europe’s most modern polyol plants in 2022 The project was implemented at the Ramnicu Valcea plant It was co-financed through the “Business Development with Innovation Norway serving as the program operator The total eligible value of the project is 2.43 million Euro with non-repayable financial assistance amounting to 1.21 million Euro The overall objective of the project is to make the Chimcomplex production processes eco-friendly and align the company’s activities with circular economy principles These innovative “green polyols,” produced using the new technology replace the petrochemical components of conventional polyols with less polluting alternatives or natural oils such as castor oil these “green polyols” are used to create soft foams for pillows The impact of this investment is significant: Vâlcea plant reflects the company’s commitment to sustainability We thank Innovation Norway for supporting the project Chimcomplex specialists from the Advanced Polyol Research and Development Center have created new experimental polyol types which can now be rapidly tested and widely used by our clients Fine chemicals add value to Romania overall and to consumers in particular We all desire safer and healthier products for everyday use You can rely on the expertise of chemists to find solutions for environmental challenges and develop technologies that reduce our planet’s negative impact.” The project was carried out in partnership with International Development Norway a Norwegian organization with over 20 years of experience in international projects focused on eco-business best practices The national retailer GRID has opened the 8th sporting goods store in the country this being the most modern shop that sells sneakers and street style items in the city It’s the perfect place for urban style lovers where they can choose items from the latest collections of the most famous and beloved brands around the world “We have always appreciated the opinions and needs of our clients so thanks to them we chose to be close to the fashion and sporting goods lovers in this county where our customers can find the latest products of international brands We are extremely happy that people trust us and come to our stores we continue to expand our national network of stores with 100% Romanian capital,” says Nicolae Popa Customers can choose from a wide range of sneakers designs, which are made of the highest quality materials to ensure the lightness and comfort necessary for daily activities. All the available articles are created according to the latest trends and are perfect to be matched with any sportswear outfit, at any time of the day. The new store in Shopping City Ramnicu Valcea is the ideal place where smart shopping lovers can enjoy the experience of purchasing high quality items but also the new clothing and sneakers collections from well-known brands around the world will encourage any customer that comes to our new store to renew their wardrobe with products that follow current trends SCM Ramnicu Valcea surprisingly led by two goals at half-time at Györ yet the home side needed just a few minutes after the break to completely turn things around With both their defence and attack greatly improved the Hungarian powerhouse scored 23 goals in the second half and ultimately claimed an impressive 38:31 victory GROUP BGyöri Audi ETO KC (HUN) vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) 38:31 (15:17) While Viktoria Lukács and Veronica Kristiansen should be credited for eight and six goals respectively in the match it was Estelle Nze Minko who stole the show in the second half The French centre back scored eight of her 10 goals after the break HANDBALL THROUGH MY EYES: The EHF Champions League star speaks about her iconic one-on-one skills and her mindset on the court DRAW: Recent champions meet and potential first-time winners clash in hotly-anticipated semi-finals after TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 semi-final… DRAW: The four sides who made it through the qualification tournaments now know who they will face in Cologne QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: A 30:29 victory for Szeged was not enough to book their first ticket to Cologne a single goal separated the 2023 title winners and Veszprém QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: 2018 finalists end Sporting CP’s Machineseeker EHF Champions League journey with second quarter-final win QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: After a nine-goal win in the first leg HANDBALL THROUGH MY EYES: Versatile One Veszprém back Nedim Remili reveals why he loves handball OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Court of Handball issues further decision regarding withdrawal of Vipers from EHF Champions League NEWS: Györi Audi ETO KC will meet Team Esbjerg and Metz Handball will play against Odense Håndbold on 31 May in the MVM Dome in Budapest French car equipment producer Faurecia announced it is investing EUR 12 million into a new automotive upholstery plant in Ramnicu Valcea will continue to grow with the creation of 600 new jobs by March 2016 The recruitment campaign in Ramnicu Valcea comes in line with the development planned for the factory here. By 2019, following two other phases of expansion of the production unit, the factory area will nearly double from 12,000 square meters to 22,000. have been chosen to develop the activity of the comfort and trim division for two main reasons Valcea offers well prepared local labor force the company already has a successful experience in local production since 2003 in factories in Talmaciu (car seats division) Craiova (emission control technologies) and Pitesti (interior systems) the group posted total turnover of EUR 18.8 million Faurecia had 100,000 employees in 34 countries Natalia Martian claimed an important win at Odense Håndbold Now the Romanian side is ranked sixth in group B with six points Odense Håndbold (DEN) vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) 25:26 (10:13) While Odense’s goalkeepers Althea Reinhardt and Tess Wester did not have a good day their colleague from Valcea Daciana Hocu enjoyed a much better game The 23-year-old Romanian stopped 11 shots for a 38 per cent save efficiency and helped her team earn valuable two points Last Sunday, SCM Ramnicu Valcea earned their first points in the current DELO EHF Champions season The Romanian side did not have to wait long for another success defeating Buducnost at home three days later GROUP BSCM Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) vs Buducnost (MNE) 25:23 (14:10) a German international with Belarusian ancestry made a crucial contribution to both Valcea’s victories so far the 28-year-old left back netted seven times Chimcomplex implemented the project “High-Efficiency Cogeneration Plant with a capacity of up to 8 MWe at Chimcomplex S.A Borzesti – Ramnicu Valcea Branch” during the period May 18 benefiting from non-reimbursable financing based on the funding contract concluded with the Ministry of European Funds as the Managing Authority for the Large Infrastructure Operational Program The project was implemented in the city of Ramnicu Valcea The total value of the project was 48,993,686.57 lei The non-reimbursable financing amounted to 19,061,717.18 lei of which 16,202,459.62 lei represented EU co-financing through the European Regional Development Fund The overall objective of the project was to increase the energy efficiency of Chimcomplex S.A Vâlcea Branch by installing a high-efficiency trigeneration plant with a capacity of 6 MWe and achieving savings in primary energy consumption through the use of energy produced in a high-efficiency cogeneration system The specific objectives of the project aimed at: The results obtained as a result of the investment are: After recent wins against Podravka and Buducnost SCM Ramnicu Valcea had hoped to snatch some points at home at CSKA the Russian side proved too strong for them and claimed a well-deserved victory SCM Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) vs CSKA (RUS) 24:34 (9:17) While Ekaterina Ilina had been CSKA’s top scorer in two previous matches now it was Marina Sudakova’s turn to lead the way in attack she finished the game as its top scorer and thus contributed to CSKA’s commanding victory Faurecia opened in Ramnicu Valcea a plant for automotive seat covers that is expected to equip with upholsteries 280,000 cars in 2016 only alongside those in Talmaciu (Automotive Seating Craiova (Emissions Control Technologies) and Pitesti (Interior Systems) With a total surface of 12,000 square meters the plant features an ergonomic production area and employs 1,200 staff it produces textile and leather covers for some of the world’s largest automakers The fabrics used for more than 500 types of covers are mainly provided by local suppliers (75 percent) “Given the importance of our employees’ contribution to the growth of Faurecia Romania we are committed to offering them the best working conditions and specifically tailored qualification programs our resources are directed towards attracting and training new employees to ensure a sustainable long-term workforce to secure our future growth” the largest local manufacturer of chemicals representing 94.4 percent of the share capital of Sistemplast S.A located on the Oltchim platform is specialized in providing integrated solutions for mechanics  The total purchase value is of 14.9 million RON This acquisition marks another milestone for Chimcomplex supporting its growth strategy and investing in capacities that offer industrial solutions Chimcomplex continues the reintegration of the factories on the Oltchim platform and significantly expands the Chimcomplex portfolio of services thus increasing its presence in other industrial sectors  “Aristotle said that the whole represents more than the sum of the component parts technical and technological upgrades are essential for the evolution of the performance of the assets and operations of Chimcomplex and its partners In order to fuel the growth and success of the business we will rely on Sistemplast’s experience and expertise of over 20 years to coordinate and carry out large-scale industrial projects We see an extraordinary opportunity to continue to join forces and give a strong signal to the Romanian industry we are constantly keeping an eye on the big picture” the shares of Chimcomplex SA Borzesti are freely traded on the Standard category of the Bucharest Stock Exchange continuing its course on the capital market started in 1996 on the Aero Market EUR 4.9769  USD 4.7129   FTSE 100 8596.35 DAX 23086.65 Asocierea românească Elsaco-Energomontaj este câștigătoarea unei licitații organizate de Municipiul Râmnicu Vâlcea pentru construcția unei termocentrale în cogenerare pe gaze cu o capacitate de 145 de MW pe platforma CET Govora programele POIM și POIS (intermediate de Ministerul Dezvoltării) pentru construcția unei mici termocentrale pe biomasă cu o capacitate de 5 MW termici și 1,8 electrici Centrala pe gaze se va lega direct la Sistemul Național de Gaze prin intermediul stației Govora a Transelectrica Durata de execuție este de 25 de luni de la semnarea ordinului de începere a lucrărilor Contractul presupune și timp de 24 de luni municipiul Râmnicu Vâlcea are asigurat agentul termic de la centrala CET Govora Date fiind normele draconice de mediu stabilite de UE noua centrală va urma să preia acest rol din 2027 Construirea centralei de cogenerare la CET Govora a fost aprobată în CJ Vâlcea fiind denumită atunci „prioritate zero” pentru județ vom investi în infrastructura de mediu cea mai mare parte din fondurile pentru dezvoltare Banii se vor folosi pentru demararea unuia dintre proiectele noastre de anvergură: modernizarea retehnologizarea şi extinderea sistemului de alimentare centralizată cu energie termică în municipiul Râmnicu Vâlcea Investiţia are o valoare totală de 140 milioane euro şi se va derula pe parcursul a trei ani O sumă importantă (circa 11 milioane de euro) va merge şi către alte investiţii în protecţia mediului cum ar fi înfiinţarea centrelor de colectare prin aport voluntar un proiect pentru care CJ Vâlcea a obţinut finanţare europeană” compania Elsaco Electronic activează ca integrator de sisteme și furnizor de servicii de inginerie pentru industria energetică și a apei cu accent pe construcția/reabilitarea termocentralelor urmărind creșterea eficienței energetice și economisirea resurselor Ea este contractor general și pentru realizarea unei termocentrale la Arad care să deservească rețeaua termică locală Firma este condusă de omul de afaceri botoșănean Valeriu Iftime Compania bucureșteană Energomontaj a fost înființată în 1962 cu scopul de a monta centralele electrice care se construiau în România fiind urmașa Întreprinderii Electro-montaj care cuprindea formațiile de montaj mecanic și electric din România Firma are un portofoliu uriaș pe piața lucrărilor de montaj în centralele termo- fabrica  fost demolată și terenul vândut însă compania a rămas activă prin echipa sa de specialiști și knowhow EUR 4.9769  USD 4.7129   FTSE 100 8595.73 DAX 23087.87 a scos din nou la licitație în SICAP realizarea termocentralei pe gaze din Râmnicu Vâlcea Este vorba despre un contract de 272 milioane lei pentru achiziția de echipamente și construcția unei termocentrale pe gaze (care să poată funcționa și în amestec cu hidrogen) în cogenerare amplasată în Râmnicu Vâlcea Termocentrala va deservi municipiul Râmnicu Vâlcea cu energie termică iar va asigura necesarul Chimcomplex și va vinde în piață Unitatea va avea o capacitate de 108 MW electrici și 89 MW termici trebuie să funcționeze la un randament de cel puțin 85% conform unui contract de finanțare semnat în 23 ianuarie 2023 Acest contract fusese lansat pentru prima dată în luna martie a acestui an dar atunci prețul total estimat era de 514 milioane lei iar termenul de finalizare era 31 decembrie 2025 Nu s-a primit nicio ofertă declarată admisibilă Acum prețul proiectului scade la jumătate iar termenul de finalizare este decalat cu șase luni în ceea ce privește implementarea – jumătatea lui 2026 “Data limită de punere în funcțiune a centralei de cogenerare este 30.06.2026 data impusă prin programul de finanțare PNRR C6 I3 Furnizorul este obligat sa respecte următoarele termene intermediere: ✓ 1 luna de la semnarea contractului pentru livrarea datelor și documentațiilor primare pentru elaborarea proiectului de integrare pentru faza DTAC; ✓ 2 luni de la semnarea contractului pentru livrarea datelor și documentațiilor primare pentru elaborarea proiectului de integrare la nivel de centrală; ✓ 2 luni de la semnarea contractului pentru livrarea datelor și documentațiilor primare pentru elaborarea proiectului de detaliu (DDE) al instalației de cogenerare în ciclu combinat; ✓ 30.12.2025 termen limită pentru livrarea echipamentelor în site” Chimcomplex este compania care a cumpărat petrochimia de la fostul gigant de stat Oltchim patronal Ștefan Vuza a declarat că ar vrea să achiziționeze cel puțin un combinat chimic de îngrășăminte pentru a realiza un campion regional în chimie Chimcomplex a înregistrat afaceri de 1,36 miliarde lei și un profit de 75 de milioane lei