The Parliament adopted on March 31 in the first reading a draft ratification of financing agreement between Moldova and European Investment Bank (EIB) for implementation of the Energy Efficiency in the Republic of Moldova Project. The contract provides for the granting of 30 million euros to increase energy efficiency in public institutions, primarily to those…
In addition to expenses tied to refugee accommodation and civil protection, Estonia’s supplementary state budget aims to bolster energy security. Plans are in place to develop capacity to handle large quantities of liquefied natural gas (LNG), with investments to connect small renewable energy producers to the grid also on the table. The coalition is still…
Lithuania’s state-owned gas supply company Ignitis says it will stop buying Gazprom’s gas and will make no payments to the Russian government-owned group after president Pootin said Russia would only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to EU countries. “We are not planning any payments to Gazprom, so it is not relevant for us,”…
The government has approved a draft, which regulates the stocking of natural gas for winter in reservoirs from neighbour countries. At a conference, Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Andrei Spinu said that this warehouse might be placed in Romania. Under the Cabinet’s decision, Moldova will start stocking, for the first time ever, natural gas in…
Industrial production of wind power plants in Georgia is set to begin following the signing of a memorandum between the country Economy Ministry, the State Military Scientific Centre Delta and Georgian Wind Energy Association on March 23. Production of wind energy power plants, creation of new jobs, integration of wind power into the energy infrastructure…
Ukraine has sufficient reserves of energy resources to ensure the sustainable operation of the energy system. This was emphasized by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko. “Synchronization with European networks has given us additional stability of the energy system in terms of technical flows. And we have the opportunity to attract electricity from…
The Board of Directors of the National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) has examined and approved new tariffs for electricity. The new prices will take effect on April 1. The following regulated electricity supply prices were approved by the Premier Energy company, differentiated according to the delimitation points or the places of consumption of the…