No wind farms will be completed in Estonia in 2026 or even next year, despite a 2023 auction whose terms required the developments to be completed by that time. Major private and public sector energy producers Enefit, Utilitas, Evecon and Enery all committed in a 2023 auction to add 650 GWh of wind power to…
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal and Prime Minister of Moldova Alexandru Munteanu discussed signing an agreement on cross-border electricity flows and emergency support. Shmyhal reported this on Telegram following a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Prime Minister of Moldova. According to Shmyhal, the energy dimension of…
Moldova will provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, in the context of constant attacks on critical infrastructure, unfriendly weather conditions, and as a sign of solidarity and gratitude for defending the entire European continent against the aggression of the Russian Federation for almost four years. The batches of humanitarian assistance include various material goods in the…
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal met with Nicolas Forissier, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, to discuss further support for Ukraine and the restoration of its energy sector. According to Denys Shmyhal, France will…
It will take months to restore Kyiv’s own electricity generation capacity, so power cuts will continue in the city for the foreseeable future. This assessment was made at a briefing by Oleksandr Kharchenko, Managing Director of the Energy Industry Research Center. He stressed that the period since January 9 had been the most difficult for…
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting to review the energy supply situation in the Kharkiv region. He heard reports from the Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, and representatives of energy companies. The Kharkiv region continues to…
Poland will increase capacity for gas exports to Ukraine from the beginning of February. Ukrainian energy minister Denys Shmyhal has hailed the move as vital to help his country handle a winter heating crisis caused by Russia’s attacks. On January 27, Shmyhal announced that the two countries’ gas transmission operators had agreed a phased increase…