Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with the leadership of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The meeting was attended by Director General of the JICA Middle East and Europe Department Hideki Matsunaga, Director of the JICA Office in Ukraine Osamu Hattori, other representatives of the Agency, as well as representatives of the…
Works on eliminating the consequences of Russian missile attacks are underway in Kyiv region. NEC Ukrenergo power grid operator has introduced additional emergency shutdowns. Therefore, schedules of hourly power outages are currently not in effect in the region. Oleksiy Kuleba, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram. According to him, power…
The United States Agency for International Development and Georgian Renewable Power Company have teamed up to develop a solar power project at the Qartli wind farm to increase Georgia’s clean energy production capacity during periods of low wind speed in the central municipality of Gori. The project aims to bring additional five megawatts of solar…
Work being done to synchronize the Baltic States’ electricity grids with those of the rest of the European Union means that the number of electricity connections between Estonia and Latvia will be cut from three to two, through to year-end 2025. Implicit in the synchronization with “continental” Europe is the need to de-couple from the…
Germany has provided EUR 56 million to Ukraine for the repair of its energy infrastructure. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, federal government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit reported. On November 29, Chancellor Scholz called President Zelensky to exchange views on the political, military and humanitarian situation in…
Despite the constant shelling of the energy system, it remains integral. All regions of Ukraine are connected, except for Kherson region, where the area is densely mined and the damage is very significant, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated in his opening statement during a Government session on November 29. According to him, currently, electricity production…
Siauliai municipality in northern Lithuania took a slew of measures to cut energy bills, but stopped the experiment after a month. In October, the Siauliai municipal administration set out to make significant savings. Air conditioner remotes were taken away from employees to prevent them from hiking up the heat. The number of kettles in the…