Energy Crisis
EU power, gas prices smashing records amid drought, EdF’s nuclear plant setback
03 August 2022 - Low water levels in major rivers disturb the operation of nuclear power plants and the transportation of coal
TÜV’s Bühler: Restarting retired nuclear plants in Germany is technically feasible
01 August 2022 - Joachim Bühler from safety inspection operator TÜV says Germany can bring three closed nuclear plants back to life
Drought to cost Montenegro’s EPCG utility EUR 100 million in third quarter
01 August 2022 - State-owned power producer EPCG said it would have to import 294 GWh of electricity in the three months through September due to drought
Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia to set up working group for energy cooperation
27 July 2022 - Albania and North Macedonia accepted Serbia's proposal at a meeting held in Tirana within the Open Balkan initiative
Power utility EPHZHB requests ban on electricity exports from BiH
27 July 2022 - BiH is the biggest electricity exporter in the Western Balkans, but the energy crisis and the drought are now jeopardizing supply
EU adopts watered-down plan to cut gas demand by 15% by March
26 July 2022 - EU energy ministers agreed to voluntarily reduce the demand for natural gas by 15% through March, but with several changes to the plan
Duić: We need to prepare warm sweaters for winter
26 July 2022 - The professor from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb issued a stark warning on the energy crisis
North Macedonia to declare state of energy crisis in August
25 July 2022 - The country has declared the state of energy crisis last year in November for a month, but soon extended it for six more months until June 9
EU asks member states to cut gas consumption by 15% by March
20 July 2022 - It has also proposed a legislation which would allow the commission to introduce a binding target for gas reduction
Germany to reconsider nuclear plant shutdown in following weeks
19 July 2022 - Faced with the gas supply crunch, German ministers from the Greens are willing to reconsider the scheduled closure of the last nuclear plants
Slovenia to freeze electricity prices, add 1 GW in solar power to supply homes
15 July 2022 - Prime Minister Robert Golob said large solar power plants of 1 GW in total would be built by 2025 to supply Slovenian households
Timmermans: EU risks conflict, strife due to energy crisis
14 July 2022 - The EU's top official Frans Timmermans claims a short-term return to fossil fuels is needed to prevent the risk of civil unrest
Hungary to ban energy exports
14 July 2022 - Hungary's neighbors are closely monitoring the announced measures, and one of them is Serbia which has a deal to store gas in Hungary
Birol (IEA): World is in middle of first global energy crisis
13 July 2022 - Fatih Birol said at the Sydney Energy Summit that the world has never witnessed an energy crisis of such great depth and complexity
Slovenia’s Energy Agency issues gas crisis warning
12 July 2022 - Gas supply in Slovenia is still running smoothly, but the Energy Agency warned there would be disruptions if flows from Russia are reduced
Greece, Bulgaria inaugurate IGB gas pipeline
11 July 2022 - The two prime ministers symbolically turned the valve at their IGB interconnector. It will initially get gas through the TAP pipeline.