Energoatom and Cameco have signed a memorandum of cooperation and understanding as part of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator’s strategy to diversify its nuclear fuel supply. Energoatom, which said the agreement considered cooperation in the supply and production of uranium products and nuclear fuel using Cameco’s technologies, purchased more than half of its fuel…
CEO of JSC Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Akhmetzhan Yessimov has visited construction site of the 820th km of Saryarka main gas pipeline. Akhmetzhan Yessimov positively assessed the course of construction works and stressed the importance of on-time completion of the construction and pre-commissioning activities. The construction of the gas pipeline will be completed as scheduled…
Energy companies in Latvia produced 357,655 megawatt-hours of power in July, the lowest level of national power output since July 2018. This allowed to cover 64% of the Latvian electricity consumption, according to AS Augstsprieguma tikls (AST). The independent transmission system operator AST stated in its review of the power market on August 22 that…
Ukraine and Egypt have discussed ways to expand bilateral energy cooperation and train experts in this field at Ukrainian higher education institutions. The press service of the Embassy of Ukraine released the relevant statement following a meeting of Ambassador of Ukraine in the Arab Republic of Egypt Yevhen Mykytenko with H.E. Tarek El Molla, Minister…
Over 10,000 residents in Lithuania will produce solar energy by the end of next year, according to state-controlled holding company, Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy). The 5-fold increase is influenced by law changes, allowing remote solar power plants. Energy produced off-site can then be “virtually” transferred to be used in private apartments. Residents and multiple stakeholders…
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, says Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has reassured him that his country does not intend to purchase electricity from Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border. “I met with the Latvian president, the chairwoman of the Saeima and the prime minister in Aglona…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the national energy efficiency goals for 2020. “A relevant draft Government Order has been elaborated by the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine in cooperation with international experts, specialists from the Energy Community Secretariat within the framework of implementation of Article 3 of…