Russia may target Ukraine’s gas infrastructure to further decrease its gas supplies to Europe. The relevant statement was made by the Naftogaz Board Chairman Yuriy Vitrenko in an interview with The Guardian. In his words, Ukrainians are likely to experience the coldest winter in decades, as indoor temperatures will be set at 17-18 degrees Celsius,…
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s power grid and is generating electricity for the country, the press service of the Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom has said in a Telegram post. “On August 26, at 14:04, one of the Zaporizhzhia NPP’s reactors, which was stopped yesterday, was reconnected to the power…
Georgia received $64.78 million from exporting electricity in January-July, up by 337% YoY, data published by the State Electricity System showed. The figures showed that 93% of the exports accounted for Turkiye, with 630,992,000 kWh of electricity exported to the country. In the reported period, 1 billion 41 million kilowatt-hours of electricity was also exported…
Ukrenergo National Power Company expects that the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) will endorse a decision to increase Ukraine’s electricity export capacities from September 2. The relevant statement was made by Ukrenergo National Power Company Board Chairman Volodymyr Kudrytskyi during a discussion regarding the August economic survey. According to Kudrytskyi, Ukrenergo is planning…
Subsidising electricity and natural gas bills may cost the Lithuanian government between 500 million and a billion euros next year, according to Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. “No doubt, the government will limit that price hike, as it has done since July 1,” she said on August 23. “Next year’s budget is now being drafted and,…
Lithuania produces three times less electricity than it consumes. One of Europe’s largest electricity generation deficits exacerbates the already soaring electricity prices, experts say. The origins of the issue – December 31, 2009, 22:54. That is when the second reactor of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, which met 70% of Lithuania’s electricity need, was shut…
Scheduled annual maintenance on the NordBalt electricity cable between Lithuania and Sweden has been put off for more than two months due to the difficult situation in the electricity market. The Lithuanian Energy Ministry said that Litgrid, the country’s power transmission system operator, had made the decision on the ministry’s instructions. According to the Energy…