Lithuania still continues attempts to convince colleagues in Latvia and Estonia to speed up the synchronisation of their power networks with continental Europe, Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte announced on June 29. “It would be optimal for Baltic States to make a joint decision,” she told Ziniu radijas, adding that decision-making would be easier…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development led by Matteo Patrone, EBRD Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. The parties discussed projects to restore Ukraine’s energy sector, in particular the nuclear, hydropower and oil and gas industries. The Head of the…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a plan to transform the State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom into a joint stock company with 100% state ownership. The Government took the decision at a meeting on June 27. The draft decision was prepared by the Commission for the Transformation of SE NNEGC…
Ukraine has received a shipment of aid from German partners as part of the agreements to deepen the German-Ukrainian Energy Partnership signed in Kyiv in April by Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck. The shipment includes 27 sets of solar modules with inverters and 26 advanced EcoFlow batteries from Germany’s…
The Latvian government and Competition Council have approved Eesti Gaas’ acquisition of Gaso, a subsidiary of Latvijas Gaze, the Latvian natural gas distribution network. Infortar, the proprietor of Eesti Gaas, has been waiting for this permission before making preparations to go public. Eesti Gaas agreed to buy Latvijas Gaze’s subsidiary Gaso in mid-April, with the…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Wlachovsky and Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London. The key topic of the meetings was assistance to the Ukrainian energy sector from foreign partners. German Galushchenko thanked the friendly countries for their support, in…
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have signed a memorandum on the Energy Partnership between the two countries. The document was signed by German Galushchenko, Minister of Energy of Ukraine, and Leo Docherty, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development…