Energo - CEE/FSU Power

Slovenian distributors to build 1,300 km of smart low-voltage network by March 2026

Russia’s Gazprom tariff demands costly and inflationary

Hungary to secure one-year grace period to phase out Russian gas, but left without veto power

Croatia’s electricity production dips in April

Croatia’s net electricity production fell in April compared to the previous month, while petroleum product use remained broadly stable.

Commercial banks show strong interest in financing Poland’s first nuclear plant, investor PEJ claims

The facility, to be built in the municipality of Lubiatowo-Kopalino on the Baltic coast, will include three AP1000 reactors supplied by the US consortium of Westinghouse-Bechtel.

Russia writes off $297mn hydro energy debt owed by Tajikistan

Russia has written off a $297mn hydro energy debt owed by Tajikistan, Khovar reported on June 16.

Kosovo’s gross available electricity up 8.6% y/y in April

Kosovo’s gross available electricity in April grew by an annual 8.6% to 568 GWh, after rising by 3.3% in March.

Estonia abandons 100% renewable electricity target by 2030

CEDIS to invest over €250mn in Montenegro’s power distribution network by 2029

Montenegro’s electricity distribution system operator, CEDIS, announced on June 16 that it will invest more than €250mn in capital projects between 2025 and 2029 to modernise and strengthen the national power distribution network.

Poland and Baltic states sign memorandum on critical infrastructure security

Samruk Energy and China’s CWE to build Kazakhstan’s first pumped storage power plant

Kazakhstan’s Samruk Energy has signed a joint venture agreement with China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) to construct the country’s first pumped storage power plant.

64-MW Stolac Solarni Park solar plant begins operation in Bosnia

The 64-MW Stolac Solarni Park photovoltaic power plant, located near the town of Stolac in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Herzegovina region, has been connected to the grid and has begun generating electricity.

Uzbekistan’s president tightens grip on local governance as energy woes and reform delays mount

Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has ordered a sweeping shake-up of local governance structures and has tightened oversight of reforms amid growing concerns over bureaucratic inertia and poor public service delivery.

Lithuanian parliament orders audit of €3bn 700-MW Baltic Sea offshore wind project

Lithuania’s parliament Seimas instructed the National Audit Office to conduct an audit into the involvement of state-owned enterprises in the Curonian Nord offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea.

China's Sinoma to build $25mn wind turbine blade plant in Uzbekistan

China’s Sinoma Science & Technology is set to invest $25.2mn in establising a wind turbine blade factory in Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan awards Russia, China one nuclear plant project each, Uzbekistan revises its plan to include large facility

Solution favoured by Astana will help balance relations with Moscow and Beijing.

Uzbekistan, Russia's Rosatom reportedly revise nuclear project to include both small and large plants

The nuclear power project in Uzbekistan, led by Russia’s state-owned Rosatom, has reportedly been reformatted to include a large nuclear power plant (NPP) together with the small plant the parties previously committed to building.

Poland's PGE unveils PLN235bn investment plan, targets PLN17bn EBITDA by 2030

State-controlled Polish utility PGE plans to invest PLN235bn (€54bn equivalent) over the next decade under a new strategy aimed at boosting EBITDA to PLN17bn by 2030 and PLN30bn by 2035, while resuming regular dividend payments/.

Slovakia has sufficient supplies of nuclear fuel, economy minister says

Slovakia has sufficient supplies of nuclear fuel to keep its two nuclear power plants operational in case there is a drop in fuel supplies from TVEL, an arm of the Russian state agency Rosatom.

Kazakhstan shows interest in exporting oil, gas and uranium to Slovakia

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has expressed Kazakhstan’s readiness to begin exporting oil, gas, uranium and other goods to Slovakia.

Republika Srpska to award €800mn Trebinje wind farm project to Chinese company

Republika Srpska, one of the two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, plans to award a 30-year concession for the construction and operation of the €800mnTrebinje wind farm (537.5 MW) to China Power PTE through a negotiated procedure.