On the night of February 20, Russian forces launched another attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, Energy Minister German Galushchenko announced on Facebook. “Last night, Russia once again carried out a massive missile and drone strike on the gas infrastructure. Production facilities sustained damage. As soon as the security situation allowed, specialists began assessing the damage…
Svitlana Grynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, together with representatives of the operational headquarters at Chornobyl NPP led by Hryhorii Ishchenko, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, inspected the consequences of the hit of a russian attack drone with an explosive warhead into the protective shell of the…
In Ukraine, the protection of second-level energy facilities, which are being worked on by the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, is almost 90% completed, the head of the agency Serhii Sukhomlyn has announced. He noted that the agency was working on the protection of 22 substations, and about 46 second-level protection elements had…
Baltic electricity prices have soared and hit record highs this week, driven by low wind and solar output and rising natural gas prices, as well as a cold snap. Erkki Sapp, a board member at grid distributor Elering, said: “This week, there has been less wind across the Baltic States, and slightly higher electricity consumption…
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania “successfully” synchronized with the Continental European electricity grid on February 9 afternoon, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda said. “The period of political pressure and blackmail is finally over,” he added. “Moments ago I received great news – the synchronization of the Baltic states electricity systems with the continental European system has…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has inspected nine substations essential to the operation of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, assessing the situation as quite critical. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi made this statement during his visit to one of the substations. Grossi emphasized that nuclear power plants not only generated electricity but also required a…
The Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Ukraine Martin Harris. The parties discussed areas of cooperation to help the Ukrainian energy sector in the face of constant russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. German Galushchenko briefed the Ambassador on the emergency repair…