Energo - CEE/FSU Power

Green investment breaches $500mn barrier in 2020

Green investment rose by 9% in 2020, with offshore wind and EVs showing the most dynamic growth

Poland’s energy giants to cooperate on offshore wind development

IEA calls for urgent action to cut methane emissions

The IEA has called on companies, governments and regulators to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.

Russia advances on energy-efficient strategy, support for renewables

Polish energy companies to work on offshore wind projects

Poland’s PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, Enea Group and Tauron Polska Energia have signed a letter of intent to co-operate on the development of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.

Uzbek power sector reforms primarily aimed at easing burden on taxpayer says official

Ukraine’s cabinet introduces interim regulation of natural gas prices

Two electricity lines between Lithuania and Belarus switched off due to repairs

Western Balkans and Ukraine urged to scrutinise coal subsidies

Energy Community secretariat asks national state aid authorities to check compatibility with the EU state aid acquis after report revealed five Western Balkan countries plus Ukraine spent €2bn on coal subsides in 2015-2019.

Bulgaria could use equipment for Belene nuclear plant in Kozloduy NPP, PM Borissov says

Bulgaria’s energy regulator allows sale of CEZ’s local assets to Eurohold

Albania’s KESH takes precautionary measures at Drin cascade as heavy rain forecast

APS Energia selects Saft for wind farm battery solution in Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan plans to abolish gas and electricity supply monopoly

Georgia shuts down main power producer for three months

2020 marked breakthrough in Estonia in PV energy

EBRD lends PLN117mn for construction of two Polish wind farms

Armenia ‘to extend life of its 1970s Metsamor nuclear power plant after 2026’

Government has reportedly also not abandoned plans to build a new plant. Facility was hit by devastating earthquake in 1988.

Turkmenistan lowers electricity cost for Afghanistan by half

Turkey to add 1,500MW to solar power capacity in 2021

Slovenia’s TEB power station launches seventh gas unit

Slovenia’s Petrol acquires Croatia’s Crodux Derivati Dva

Plinacro, BH-Gas agree on connection point for gas interconnector

Ukraine’s gas regulations concern IMF

Georgia’s electricity consumption down 5.5% in 2020

Russia to adopt GHG reduction strategy

Power outages and smog force Iran to act against proliferation of energy draining bitcoin mining farms

North Macedonia’s government and Makpetrol close to ending dispute that paralysed gas sector

Energy Community’s ministerial council suspends Bosnia's rights

The first power unit of Belarus' Ostrovets nuclear power plant has reached 100% capacity

UK’s Actis ‘in talks to buy electricity grid in Turkey’

Russian Grids could change CEO

Russia's utilities take a hit in 2020, some names could recover

Rosatom opens 210-MW wind farm in Russia

Rosatom opens 210-MW wind farm in Russia

Ukrainian government will cap natural gas price for households in a move that endangers its IMF deal

Ukrainian government will cap natural gas price for households in a move that may further jeopardise the country’s co-operation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Moldova fears flooding from Ukraine's planned Dniester hydropower plants

President Maia Sandu plans to ask to EU opinion on Kyiv's plans as environmental groups say existing HPPs are responsible for flooding in Moldova.

Hydro lobby talks up benefits in Western Balkans

The International Hydropower Association (IHA), Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) and the Swiss government have launched a new campaign to improve the environmental sustainability of hydro projects in the Western Balkans.

Uzbeks protest against officials as they struggle with gas cut-offs