Following the electricity shortage on the Baltic electricity exchange on August 16, the Lithuanian power grid operator Litgrid activated additional reserves, with the Panevezys and Elektrenai power plants starting to generate electricity on August 17. “Litgrid activated the Panevezys power plant from its cold state, as well as the additional reserve capacity in the combined…
Member in EU Parliament Siegfried Muresan announced that the Republic of Moldova received 75 million euros of European support in the context of the energy crisis. “The European Commission transferred 75 million euros to the Republic of Moldova as budget support, considering the difficult energy situation the country was facing,” the official writes. The European…
The third and final stage of liberalisation of Lithuania’s retail electricity market will be delayed for at least a year, the country’s Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said on August 16. “We will provide a specific figure later when we put the bill before the parliament. But the liberalisation delay period will be more than a…
Lithuania’s decision to give up nuclear energy “was a big mistake”, the country’s Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said on August 16. Closing the Ignalina nuclear power plant in northeastern Lithuania “was a mistake made by all of us”, Kreivys told a joint meeting of the parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs and the Commission for Energy…
In January-June, Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine generated over 34.3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, or 55.4% of the country’s total electricity output. The relevant statement was made by the company’s press service. “In the first half of 2022, Energoatom generated over 34.3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, or 55.4% of the country’s total…
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna has signed an additional agreement with the European Union on financing the EU Energy Efficiency Support Program for Ukraine – EE4U, aimed at increasing funding for the Energy Efficiency Fund. “This involves a three-year extension of the program until 2028 and an increase…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from support for business re-engineering and the implementation of energy efficiency measures, based on a program developed by the Ministry of Economy and launched on August 9 in an event at the Technical University of Moldova. This program will help SMEs to increase their competitiveness and productivity by…