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…
The team of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, together with the Government and the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities, is developing a draft resolution to reduce electricity prices for water utilities by 10%, Presidential representative in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Andriy Herus said. “The introduction of the electricity market…
Azerenergy, the largest electrical power producer of the country, plans to complete the reconstruction of the Azerbaijan thermal power plant in Mingachevir in the first half of 2020, the company said in a message. “Work on the reconstruction of the power plant is being carried out at a fast pace. To date, repair work at…
In recent years Azerbaijan has turned from an electricity importing country into a country exporting electricity. Azerbaijan, which has been exporting electricity to neighboring countries for a long time, has already begun exporting energy to European countries. In early May Azerenergy started supplying electricity to Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary through Georgia and Turkey. In…
As of August 3, 16 billion cubic meters of gas have already been accumulated in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities. “We have exceeded the amount of 16 billion cubic meters,” CEO of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolyev on Facebook. There are 73 days left until the heating season in Ukraine, he reminded. As of August 2, 15.9…