Latvia: border with Russia to be opened for energy imports on November 5, 2020

On November 5, Latvian-Russian border will be opened for energy imports from Russia to Baltic States,the transmission system’s operator Augstsprieguma tikls (AST) reports. This decision was made, considering that on November 3, Astravyets NPP became operational in Belarus and Lithuania decided to close the Belarusian-Lithuanian border for imports of energy from third countries to Baltic…

Ukraine: EUR 300 million to be attracted from EIB to improve energy efficiency

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted two resolutions to attract a EUR 300-million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for energy efficiency, the Ukrainian Communities and Territories Development Ministry reports. The implementation of the resolution “On attracting a loan from the European Investment Bank for the implementation of Ukraine’s Public Buildings Energy…

Ukraine: electricity transmission tariff to rise

NPC Ukrenergo proposes to increase the tariff for electricity transmission by almost 2.7 times, to UAH 640.48/MWh, starting from November 1 and to set green metallurgy tariff at UAH 108.83/MWh (as of August 1 the tariff for transmission was UAH 240.23/MWh, excluding VAT). The draft changes to the tariff for public discussion have been published…

Estonia: Harju Elekter inks EUR 20-million contract with Finnish grid distributor

Electrical equipment manufacturer Harju Elekter has concluded an eight-year, approximately EUR 20-million framework agreement with regional Finnish electricity distribution system operator Elenia OY. The parties signed the first agreement for the years 2021-2023, which granted the Finnish company the right to organize mini-tenders among partners who entered into the framework agreement. Additionally, a supply contract…