All six reactor units of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) are now in cold shutdown for the first time since late 2022 after unit 4 reached this operational state on April 13. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said this in a statement posted on the IAEA website. “The decision to have all six…
The Greek national electricity company, PPC, has announced plans to acquire 500 megawatts of photovoltaic capacity in Bulgaria. This acquisition forms part of a broader project aimed at developing 90 installations with a combined capacity of up to 2,000 megawatts across Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania. According to reports from Greek state television ERT, PPC…
Three energy interconnection projects with Ukraine and Romania were presented by Moldova at the Three Seas Initiative Summit, held in Vilnius and bringing together 13 countries located between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas. During the meeting, participants will discuss how the Initiative should develop and adapt to the complex regional context, while boosting investment…
On the night of April 11, Russian projectiles caused damage to substations and power generating facilities of Ukrenergo National Power Company in five regions. The relevant statement was made by the company’s press service on Facebook. “Russians have launched another massive attack on energy infrastructure objects. Enemy missiles and drones caused damage to Ukrenergo’s substations…
The construction of new power units at KhNPP will allow replacing the capacities of the Zaporizhzhia NPP occupied by russia. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko. He noted that nuclear generation played a leading role for Ukraine and provided more than 50% of electricity. After the de-occupation of ZNPP,…
Lithuanian law enforcers have commenced criminal proceedings over forgeries made in Latvia in a multimillion-dollar Lithuanian gas network connection with Europe. There were searches performed in Latvia last week. Almost a year ago Lithuanian media “15min” found in cooperation with Neka personiga that parts made in Russia were supplied for the construction of the 500…
On April 6, due to grid restrictions on the transmission system operator’s lines, outage schedules were applied in Kharkiv region. On April 7, the restrictions prolong: in the morning, outage schedules were in effect in the Kharkiv region, and 410,000 customers were without power. There was no shortage of electricity in the integrated power system…