Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was no time left this year to sign a new gas transit agreement with Ukraine and blamed Kiev for refusing to extend the deal that carries gas to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria, Reuters reported, citing Agerpres. “They announced that they would not renew the […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €180 million to Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia, or UZ) to install small-scale generators at sites around the country, aiming to mitigate the widespread electricity shortages Ukraine expects this winter as a result of devastating Russian attacks this year on its power generation system. The loan will […]
The Commission welcomes today’s confirmation by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Continental Europe that the electricity export capacity to Ukraine and Moldova from neighbouring EU countries can be increased for the winter. Based on a joint assessment of the power system conditions, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for electricity (ENTSO-E) announced today that […]
Since the beginning of October, Ukrainian companies have imported more than 11,000 tons of American diesel from the port of Constanța in Romania, according to the data of the A-95 Consulting Group company, cited by the specialized press. Thus, American fuel now enters Ukraine in large quantities not only from Poland, but also from Romania, […]
An EU official says the EU bloc is not in talks on gas transit through Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. The European Commission is not involved in any discussions to facilitate the continued transit of natural gas through Ukraine’s pipeline system to the EU bloc, according to Ditte Jorgensen, director general for energy. Some government and […]
The European Commission has established a dedicated fund, in which more than 500 million euros have already been collected, to support the Ukrainian energy infrastructure and the reconstruction of the energy sector in this country, the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, said on Wednesday at the ministerial meeting organized within the framework of the […]
New nuclear energy can be part of Ukraine’s future, as long as it is safe, Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy, told AGERPRES on Wednesday. “Ukraine has always been part of the net-zero initiative, they tend to get there, and we have collaborated with them on the road map to that goal, […]
The European Union (EU) targets a ban on Russian fuel imports by 2027. However, nearly half of Russia’s pipeline gas supplies to Europe and Moldova are still passing through Ukraine, totaling 13.7 billion cubic meters (Bcm) in 2023. As the EU discusses the possibility of involving Azerbaijan in a future transit deal, the current five-year […]
The European Union and Ukraine have asked Azerbaijan to get involved in the talks with Russia regarding a transit agreement on gas, which is due to expire at the end of this year, Hikmat Hajiyev, the adviser to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, told Reuters, reports Agerpres. “Yes, we were approached by the EU and Ukraine […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €60 million loan to Ukrainian limited liability company Lan-Oil LLC, in its first financing for the construction of a greenfield and privately owned biofuels project in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale war on the country more than two years ago. The funding will […]
Ukraine will start to check the origin of fuels that arrive in the neighboring country by ships from Romanian ports. Deliveries of petroleum products to the Ukrainian market with barges arriving from Romanian ports could be additionally checked by the Ukrainian customs service, a measure similar to those previously applied to imports from Turkey, Bulgaria […]