The Baltic power transmission system operators plan to notify Russia and Belarus about their decision not to renew the so-called BRELL contract and to exit the Moscow-controlled post-Soviet electricity system until February 2025, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry reports. “In the coming weeks, the Baltic transmission system operators will inform the other parties of their joint…
Polish scientist Olga Malinkiewicz and the team she leads at Saule Technologies have won the European Inventor Award for their work in developing a printable solar cell that is cheaper and more flexible than traditional photovoltaics and can even produce power from artificial light. They won in the small and medium enterprises category and were…
On July 9, the first foreign representative office of JSC Ukroboronprom was opened in Washington. Its main task is to strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the defence industry. In particular, it is aimed at interaction with local businesses and expert organisations, cooperation with government agencies and defence organisations, and support of…
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko has signed a financial agreement between Ukraine and the European Union providing for EUR 5.27 billion in grant assistance under the Ukraine Facility over the next four years. The decision to attract grant support from the EU was made at a Government meeting…
Klaipeda port authority will need to pay Latvian construction company BMGS JSC nearly half a million euros for additional work during the reconstruction of a berth, as ruled by the Lithuanian Court of Arbitration. On July 4, the court lifted the ruling of the March 8 of Klaipeda Regional Court and imposed the disbursement of…
Bulgargaz, Bulgaria’s state gas supplier, has initiated legal proceedings against Gazprom, the Russian energy monopoly, seeking 400 million euros in compensation for damages caused by the unilateral suspension of natural gas supplies over two years ago, as of the end of April 2022. The arbitration claim was lodged recently at the International Chamber of Commerce’s…
Poland is looking at the possibility of sending electricity generated by Polish power stations using Polish coal to Ukraine this winter, as its neighbour faces an energy crisis caused by Russian attacks against its infrastructure. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 8, said that his government was…