The Bulgarian Minister of Energy has announced a temporary suspension of the order for the expansion of the Chiren underground gas storage facility. This decision will remain in effect until the European Prosecutor’s Office completes its inspection of Bulgartransgaz. The minister noted that the ongoing investigation involved an auditor from Bulgartransgaz itself. According to Bulgartransgaz,…
Russian invaders did not allow the group of monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect a cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where a blaze had recently been spotted. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Energy Mykola Kolisnyk. He noted that IAEA officials were only able to visually inspect the…
On August 13, the European Prosecutor’s Office gained access to the gas operator Bulgartransgaz with the assistance of local police. The European Commission has declined to comment on the ongoing investigation, and the exact number of participants remains undisclosed. The Ministry of Internal Affairs revealed that the investigation was related to the Turkish gas company…
Deputy Ministers of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Hrynchuk and Roman Andarak held a working meeting with a delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives. Roman Andarak told the American partners that since the beginning of the russian invasion in 2022, the enemy had systematically attacked Ukraine’s thermal, hydroelectric, gas and solar power generation. “The situation…
The Ukrainian gas transmission system successfully passed independent stress tests in 2023 and 2024, where a transit halt was simulated. This was reported by the press service of Gast TSO of Ukraine, the national GTS operator. “During the two independent international stress tests run in 2023 and 2024, various scenarios of GTS operation were simulated,…
Ukraine must build more than 12 gigawatts of capacity in the coming years in order to have an energy system resistant to possible attacks, with EUR 12-13 billion needed for this. Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said this during the conference entitled “Decentralized generation: new opportunities for business and communities”. The official said the emphasis should…
Deputy Ministers of Energy of Ukraine Svitlana Hrynchuk and Roman Andarak held a regular working meeting with the delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The parties discussed the current problems and needs of the Ukrainian energy sector amid constant russian attacks and preparations for the heating season. Svitlana Hrynchuk thanked the Japanese colleagues…