The Polish government will keep the cost of electricity at a reduced level next year for up to 98% of Polish companies, the development minister has said. On October 6, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said that the government was going to present a new electricity tariff for all small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) the…
Ukrainian state-run nuclear operator Energoatom is considering a move to relaunch two power units at Europe’s largest Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces since early March. The last operating reactor at the plant was shut down on September 11, Energoatom President Petro Kotin told the Associated Press. The reactors could…
This year, 25 farmers submitted applications for subsidizing investments in green energy. The winning projects will be announced after October 30. The government covers half of entrepreneurs’ investments in green energy systems through several state programs, including subsidies granted by the Agency for Intervention and Payments for Agriculture (AIPA). Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry…
Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate and Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) have signed a memorandum of cooperation and exchange of information in the field of nuclear and radiation safety. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate. “The document provides that the parties will exchange technical information and cooperate…
Dainius Kreivys, the conservative minister of energy, said that the biggest factor in the rise of electricity prices was the tenfold increase in the price of natural gas due to Russia’s “energy war against Europe”. Kreivys answered questions about energy prices and the government’s measures to contain them in the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, in the…
Jacek Sasin, Poland’s state assets minister and a deputy prime minister, has proposed a 50% windfall tax on power companies, which have profited from rising energy prices. Energy prices in Poland have increased rapidly owing to a combination of factors, including the Ukraine war and a boycott of Russian oil and gas. “I have suggested…
Lithuanian lawmakers backed government’s proposal to introduce a zero VAT rate on district heating for two more winter seasons after 111 MPs voted in favour and nine abstained. As some MPs were concerned that the rate would apply to district heating only, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte pointed out that the state’s electricity and gas price…