IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has said that the organization’s observers will be monitoring the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant’s cooling pond very closely. He said this in a video message published on Twitter after his visit to the plant. “With the water that is here (in the cooling pond), the plant can be safe for…
Due to a sharp drop in the water level in the lower reservoir of the Dnipro HPP, the plant’s hydraulic units are operating with restrictions, Ukrhydroenergo has reported on Telegram. “Water level measurements at the Nikopol post by Ukrhydrometcenter specialists have been temporarily suspended due to siltation below the installed sensors. Ukrhydroenergo specialists, together with…
The first of two updated high-voltage electricity lines connecting Estonian-Latvian electricity was launched on June 9. The cables will eventually allow the Baltic States to disconnect from the Russian grid and officials say the project is on schedule. The project has already been underway for 15 years and, when it is completed, it will guarantee…
The Polish government has agreed to trade unions’ demands to offer further support to energy-intensive companies this year amid an ongoing energy crisis. Prices of energy commodities rose after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 causing a number of energy-intensive Polish companies to struggle with energy costs. The agreement between the government and the Solidarity…
In Donetsk region, power supplies were cut off to 34 settlements due to ongoing hostilities, while some household consumers across five more regions remain without electricity due to the previous strikes by Russian invasion forces. Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions are partially de-energized due to the latest strikes, the Ministry of Energy has…
The Government has approved a decision to increase the electricity tariff for households to UAH 2.64 per kW. According to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, this decision is extremely difficult, but necessary for large-scale preparation of the power system for the next heating season, which is underway at the country’s energy facilities.…
Olerex, an Estonian fuel retailer, is purchasing 45 gas stations in Latvia under the brand name Latvijas Nafta. This is the fourth Latvian gas station chain that Olerex has acquired in the past two years. Olerex acquires the Latvian tank terminal from its current proprietor, East-West Transit, via its holding company, Aqua Marina. Olerex entered…