The European Union should remodel its energy price regulation framework for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the face of the continuing energy crisis, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said. Morawiecki made the statement at a press conference on October 11 following a government decision to cap electricity prices for certain consumers. “We…
From October 11, Ukraine suspended electricity exports in order to stabilize its energy system, the Ministry of Energy said this in a statement posted on its Facebook page. “The October 10 missile attacks, which affected the thermal power generation and electrical substations, force Ukraine to suspend electricity exports from October 11 in order to stabilize…
The Polish government will keep the cost of electricity at a reduced level next year for up to 98% of Polish companies, the development minister has said. On October 6, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said that the government was going to present a new electricity tariff for all small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) the…
Ukrainian state-run nuclear operator Energoatom is considering a move to relaunch two power units at Europe’s largest Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces since early March. The last operating reactor at the plant was shut down on September 11, Energoatom President Petro Kotin told the Associated Press. The reactors could…
This year, 25 farmers submitted applications for subsidizing investments in green energy. The winning projects will be announced after October 30. The government covers half of entrepreneurs’ investments in green energy systems through several state programs, including subsidies granted by the Agency for Intervention and Payments for Agriculture (AIPA). Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry…
Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate and Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) have signed a memorandum of cooperation and exchange of information in the field of nuclear and radiation safety. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate. “The document provides that the parties will exchange technical information and cooperate…
Dainius Kreivys, the conservative minister of energy, said that the biggest factor in the rise of electricity prices was the tenfold increase in the price of natural gas due to Russia’s “energy war against Europe”. Kreivys answered questions about energy prices and the government’s measures to contain them in the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, in the…