Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, except for the Zaporizhzhia NPP, reached their planned capacity, Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator, said in a post on Facebook. “As of December 18, the process of restoring the energy system operation is underway. Nuclear power plants have reached their planned capacity. The exception is the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP that…
On December 18, power supply was restored to another 3 million Ukrainians. In total, after the Russian recent missile attack, electricity had been restored to nine million residents of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in a nightly video address to the nation. “Power was restored to another three million Ukrainians. Plus six million yesterday.…
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has confirmed the first delivery of emergency repair equipment from the United States. “Grateful for the work of Ukraine’s air defense amid more escalatory Russian attacks this morning on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and around the country. First U.S. shipment of emergency repair equipment has already arrived – Ukraine…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says he has informed Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson about disagreements between the two countries over the sharing of surplus profits generated by electricity producers. “Today I informed the Swedish prime minister about the problem and he promised to look into it,” the president told reporters in Brussels on December 15…
Electricity production in Georgia grew by 13.3% YoY in 2021, reaching 12.64 billion kilowatt-hours, the National Statistics Office of Georgia revealed. The increase in production was observed mainly thanks to an increase in water flow, Geostat said in its update of annual figures. In other statistics, the office said 35,500 tons (+13.4%) of crude oil,…
The Federal Government of Germany has announced a contribution of EUR 30 million within the framework of the German-Ukrainian Energy Partnership for the purchase of equipment to restore Ukraine’s energy infrastructure damaged by russian shelling. The corresponding funds will be allocated to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, established by the Energy Community Secretariat. “pootin wants…
On December 14, the Lithuanian government approved electricity and natural gas price subsidies for household consumers in the first half of 2023. The scheme provides for covering up to 28.5 euro cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity and 99 cents per cubic meter of gas, up from 9 cents and 54 cents, respectively. The threshold…