The European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) has increased the available cross-border capacity for Ukraine’s electricity exports towards the EU to 300 megawatts. Such capacities will be available to Ukrainian exporters during peak consumption hours. The relevant decision was made by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Continental Europe at a meeting of the…
Using fuel oil, or mazut, for district heating in Vilnius during the coming winter season will help keep heating bills for households down, according to Mayor Remigijus Simasius. “We can see that prices for all energy resources are absurdly high. This is affecting us in Vilnius just as much as anywhere else. It’s just that…
Even if the Zaporizhia NPP is inoperable throughout winter, Ukraine has capacities to go through this heating season without it, Vadym Denysenko, the advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs, executive chief of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future, has said. “We have to understand: even if the station doesn’t work in winter, we have…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that he would rather see the government subsidise energy costs than raise defence spending to 3% of GDP in 2023, if there were not enough money for both. “We must set our priorities very clearly: if our financial and macroeconomic situation allows it, I’d say that both priorities should be…
North Macedonia has become the first Energy Community Contracting Party to donate emergency energy equipment to Ukraine. “Six electricity transformers given in-kind by the distribution system operator Elektrodistribucija DOOEL, a daughter company of EVN North Macedonia, were delivered to Ukraine,” reads the press release of the Energy Community. “We are grateful to North Macedonia and…
As of late August, Ukraine has accumulated 2 million tons of coal and 13 billion cubic meters of natural gas. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting of the Ukrainian government. According to Shmyhal, the energy sector issues and preparations for the heating season are the top priority…
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has called on the European Union to return to discussions about sending a military peacekeeping mission to protect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which is currently held by Russian forces. “We have never been so close to a nuclear disaster, as we are now. Just regretting the situation…