The Lithuanian Energy Ministry expects its energy saving plan to help the country save 800 million euros and 20% in energy use over two years, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys has said. Some 100 million euros should be saved by the public sector, 300 million euros by businesses and 400 million euros by households. The plan…
Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister of Poland, has said that the government, in the near future, will offer a special energy package to at least several hundred enterprises with high energy consumption. Morawiecki, speaking at the 31st Economic Forum in Poland’s mountain resort of Karpacz on September 7, said: “This is the moment when we…
Polish metals group KGHM signed a memorandum of understanding on September 6 with Romanian nuclear energy company SN Nuclearelectrica on developing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). KGHM said the non-binding memorandum included exchange of experience and knowledge over 36 months on technical, economic, legal, financial and organisational aspects of SMR development with the US firm NuScale.…
Ukraine has the potential to become a green energy hub for Europe that will replace Russia’s dirty energy resources. “Ukraine can and, I am sure, will definitely become a green energy hub for Europe. We are capable of replacing dirty Russian energy resources. Ukraine has a huge natural potential for establishing capacities in green energy…
The Lithuanian government is discussing a package of measures that will include covering part of heating bills and setting maximum electricity and gas prices, Mykolas Majauskas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance, said on September 6. The package will also include business support measures, which are now being coordinated, according to Majauskas.…
Lithuania’s Energy Ministry is unveiling an energy-saving plan on September 7, which will include proposals to reduce speed on motorways, as well as limit heating and cooling in buildings. The plan, which will be presented to the Cabinet later that day, will include lowering indoor temperatures to 19 degrees C during the heating season, limiting…
The Incukalns gas storage facility in Latvia – the only one of its kind in the Baltic States – is emptying, and is currently less than 50% full. Gas storage facilities in Europe are currently around 80% full, while the Incukalns facility has dropped to 49.7% of its capacity. “The whole Baltic region and Finland…