Households that use electricity to heat their homes will also be included in a comprehensive government support scheme, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy has announced. The government has offered one-off subsidies, ranging from PLN 500 to 3,000 (EUR 106-636), to households heating their homes with coal, timber, wood pellets, liquefied natural gas and…
Poland is to cap electricity prices for all households from next year, with a limit of up to 2,000 kWh of annual use. Morawiecki presented the new measure, which was part of a broader package of facilitations dubbed “The Shield of Solidarity”, at a press conference on September 15. “The Shield of Solidarity” is designed…
Lithuania would have to negotiate with Sweden, from which it imports a large part of its electricity, if the EU adopts a proposal on redistributing the excess profits of low-cost energy producers, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said. “If this decision is adopted, there will be obligations to share excess profits among member states, if…
The Social Democratic Party’s (LSDP) representatives in the Lithuanian parliament are launching an interpellation procedure against Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys over what they say is a mishandled electricity supply reform and failure to respond to the surge in energy prices. The group says the minister will be asked to provide answers regarding “negligent attitude towards…
Compensating businesses for rising electricity and gas costs would put an unbearable burden on the country’s budget, Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste has said, adding that the majority of the European Union countries are only providing support for households. “At present, the majority of countries provide support only to households since businesses consume both electricity…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that a back-up power line needed for cooling has been restored at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. “A back-up power line to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been restored, providing the plant with the external electricity it needs for reactor cooling and other safety functions,”…
Estonian renewables generator Enefit Green is in the process of developing a wind farm in Lithuania, which will be the largest the company operates, and is scheduled to start production in April 2023. Enefit Green is a subsidiary of state electricity generator Eesti Energia. The 75 MW development is under construction in Akmene, in northern…