On November 15, Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) lost all access to the electricity grid due to military attacks in the country, forcing it to temporarily rely on diesel generators for back-up power. The relevant statement was made by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. “This was a very concerning…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will in the coming weeks send nuclear safety and security missions to three operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine as well as to the country’s Chornobyl site, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said in a statement published on the website of the agency. “Since the beginning of…
Over 26 thousand families in the capital will receive compensation of 40% of the heat bill. Chisinau mayor Ion Ceban made the statement at a meeting on November 14. The compensations will be granted according to the old formula and it will not be necessary to submit new applications. “The formula remains unchanged and people…
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has launched an innovation competition for solutions aimed at harnessing renewable energy and stimulating innovations in the energy resilience, given the current energy crisis facing the Republic of Moldova. All proposals must be submitted until November 30. Through this competition, UNDP will finance renewable energy use solutions, encouraging partnerships…
Some of Vilnius residents have already received heating bills for October. For most, they are lower than in September, when the heating season did not begin. Ingrida, a resident of Vilnius living in a 25-square metre apartment in an old building, paid 27 euros for hot water and a heating coil in September. In October,…
Lithuania could serve as a gateway to Europe for green hydrogen, Environment Minister Simonas Gentvilas has said. “Our country happens to be a part of the EU-supported hydrogen supply corridor. Lithuania’s infrastructure – the port of Klaipeda with its LNG import terminal and the gas interconnection with Poland – would allow us to reach the…
Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys has denied reports by a bankruptcy administrator of Inter RAO Lietuva, a Russian electricity supplier, that the country continues to buy energy from Moscow. “I want to state repeatedly that the transmission system operators (TSOs) of the Baltic countries are not buying any services,” he told MPs on November 8.…