The import of electricity from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan has been fully restored, the press service of the Uzbekistan National Power Networks JSC has reported. According to the press service, the malfunction of the power lines that arose as a result of the accident in Turkmenistan on the morning of February 21 between the Mary and…
Turkmenistan’s electricity exports to Uzbekistan decreased 13-fold on February 21, Uzbekistan National Power Networks LLC reported. On February 21, an accident occurred in the power system of Turkmenistan between the substations “Mary” and “Serdar”. As a result, electricity supplies from Turkmenistan fell from 780 megawatts to 60 megawatts. Due to the malfunction of the power…
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to strengthen the responsibility of distribution system operators for abuse on the electricity market, Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said. “We are strengthening the responsibility of natural monopolies for abuse on the electricity market. In Ukraine, distribution system operators (that is, the same “natural monopolies”) often abuse their…
Eesti Energia offered the highest bid at the auction for the land at Tootsi wind farm, organized by the State Forest Management Center (RMK). The final price was EUR 51.5 million. The final price was more than four times higher than the starting price. Four bidders took part in the auction: Eesti Energia AS, OU…
The state-run enterprise Energoatom, the operator of Ukraine-based nuclear power plants, generated 7.825 billion kWh of electricity in January, up by 126.6 million kWh, or by 1.6% from the target set for the period. Over the period under review, Energoatom’s power plants sold 7.375 billion kWh of electricity, up by 149.1 million kWh. The plan…
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Riabchyn and Norway’s State Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen have discussed the development of Ukrainian-Norwegian cooperation in the energy sector. They met in Oslo on February 12. The meeting was also attended by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Norway Vyacheslav Yatsiuk and…
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) forecasts a temporary reduction by around 66.7% in gas imports in 2020, to 5 billion cubic meters. This is due to high gas stocks in the country’s underground storage facilities (USFs), according to the NBU’s January 2020 Inflation Report, published on the regulator’s website on February 6. However, Ukraine…