Albania

Trans Adriatic Pipeline project gives the final answer to the energy problem in Albania says PM – (Balkans) Albania's Premier Berisha received  the delegation of high-level Trans Adriatic Pipeline Consortium-TAP headed by General Manager Mr. Kjetil Tungland and External Relations Director Mr. Michael Hoffmann, who arrived in Tirana in a courtesy meeting with the Prime Minister…

Albania Press Review -September 10, 2013 – (Balkans Insight) The Energy Regulatory Agency, ERE, annuals a major electricity import tender from the Albania Power Corporation, KESH…

Eurocontrol Commences Albanian National Fuel Marking Contract – (Energy Digital) Eurocontrol Technics Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EUO) ("Eurocontrol" or the "Company"), a Canadian public company specializing in the acquisition, development and commercialization of innovative energy security, authentication, verification and certification technologies, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Global Fluids International S.A. ("GFI") has commenced the national fuel marking and tracing contract in Albania…

TAP submits updated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Italy – (Trend) The Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) submitted on Tuesday its updated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea, TAP reported…

Bulgaria

New energy and new directions in Bulgaria – (Euronews) Renewable energy is not only essential for the well-being of the environment, it is also a legal requirement…

Bulgarian Energy Min Lukewarm on Belene NPP – (Novinite) The fate of the Belene NPP project is in the hands of Bulgarian MPs, said Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev…

Energy price in Bulgaria not to go up but even decrease: minister – (Focus) “There will be no shocking increase of the price of electricity in Bulgaria. Just on contrary – it is possible for the prices to be cut further,” said Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy, Dragomir Stoynev, speaking in the town of Haskovo, where he attends the official holiday of the town, Darik Radio reported…

New energy strategy not to solve problems in Bulgaria’s energy sector: ex-minister – (Focus) “New energy strategy, on its own, will not solve the problems in Bulgaria’s energy sector,” said Delyan Dobrev, MP with the oppositional Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB) and former energy minister in the government of prime minister Boyko Borisov, speaking in an interview with the Sunday 150 programme of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR)…

CEZ Bulgaria files proposal for new Service Level Agreements to energy watchdog – (Focus) CEZ Electro Bulgaria filed at the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) its project for amendments to the Service Level Agreements, which to regulate the electricity sale on behalf of the company in its capacity of an end-distributor to its subscribers…

Power Rates in Bulgaria to Remain Unchanged for 2 Years – (Novinite) Yavor Kuyumdzhiev, Deputy Chair of the parliamentary energy committee, has assured that Bulgaria's new electricity pricing model is sustainable and will remain in place for at least two years…

Power Prices in Bulgaria to Go Further Down  -(Novinite) Electric power prices in Bulgaria are liable to further reductions, argued Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy Dragomir Stoynev…

Croatia

Gazprom entering Croatian NGV market – (Your Industry News) Led by Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee the Company's delegation paid a visit today to the Republic of Croatia…

Macedonia

Enhanced cooperation between CEN, CENELEC and ENTSO-E will contribute to more efficient and reliable electricity distribution in Europe – (EurActiv) CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity)…

Gruevski-Miller: Macedonia-part of Gazprom's development plans – (MINA) Russian energy giant Gazprom is interested in cooperating with Macedonia, which is already part of the company's development plans, Gazprom President Aleksey Miller said Wednesday at a meeting with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski…

Romania

Juwi starts development in Romania – (PV Magazine) Photovoltaic project developer juwi has started work on two solar parks totalling 12 MWp in Romania. The company has an EPC contract with Chinese investor HiSun PV and their partner Abacus Renewables for these projects. Both parks are expected to go online in November this year…

Remaining stake of Prahova County 2.5MW solar farm sold to director of McCann Romania – (Balkans) Bogdan Enoiu, director of McCann Romania, the advertising and marketing group, has bought the remaining stake in a 2.5MW solar farm in Prahova County…

Order Focus: Solon supplies modules to 2.2MW roof project in Romania – (PV Tech) Solon Energy has said it is to supply around 8,800 PV modules for a 2.2MW roof-mounted PV project in Bucharest, Romania…

Serbia

Serbia, Kosovo Reach Deals On Energy, Telecoms – (Radio Free Europe) The prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo have reached agreements covering telecommunications and energy issues…

Energy Agreement Between Belgrade And Pristina Fully Protects Serbian Interests  -(In Serbia) The agreement reached between Belgrade and Pristina over the energy sector in Kosovo fully protects the interests of the Serbian side at the moment, the Serbian Ministry of Energy, Development and the Environmental Protection said in a release Monday…

Armenia

Armenia turns its eyes to the East – (The Baltic Times) The European Union received somewhat disturbing news last week, when it was announced in Moscow that the president of Armenia, Serge Sarkisian and the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin have signed agreements between the two signaling that Armenia will likely join the Eastern counterpart to the European Union, the Customs Euro Asia Economic Community (EurAsEC)…

Armenian NPP to be allowed to export nuclear materials – (Trend) An Armenian nuclear power plant will receive a licence to export nuclear materials, the explanatory memorandum submitted by Armenia's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources to the republic's government said that currently there are seven readymade cartridges with fresh nuclear fuel which were imported to the station some time ago…

Armenia will benefit economically from joining Customs Union: experts say – (ARKA) Armenia will benefit economically from joining the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, concluded a team of Armenian experts who studied this issue  for several months…

Issue of subsiding gas price will be settled under customs union: Minister of Energy – (Arm Press) The negotiations regarding the subsidizing gas price will soon come to their logical ending.  The Minsiter of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia Armen Movsisyan stated this at the course of the press conference convoked on September 11…

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan will introduce ISO 50001 energy management standard  -(abc.az) SGS Company (earlier known as Société Générale de Surveillance) is developing ISO 50001 energy management standard for Azerbaijan.  Alisher Mahmudov, the SGS Manager in Caspian Region, announced today in Baku that Azerbaijan is developing dynamicly at the moment and it’s taking measures to enter the international markets…

BTC transports 2.4 million tons of Azerbaijani oil – (Azernews) In August, 2,455,065 tons of Azerbaijani oil was transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline…

Nearly $4 billion invested in Azerbaijan’s energy sector in 10 years – (Trend) Currently, Azerbaijan not only independently meets domestic demand for all energy resources, in particular for electricity, but also started to export electricity,…

Reserves allow Azerbaijan's gas industry to develop for over 100 years – (Azernews) Azerbaijan, a resource-rich South Caucasus republic, forecasts growth in the oil and gas output over the long term in the backdrop of the implementation of large-scale energy projects…

Azerbaijan`s energy sector contributes to regional progress – (News AZ) ‘Apart from the country itself Azerbaijan`s energy sector is contributing to the region’s overall progress,’ Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told a meeting with international experts at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies…

EIA: Azeri natural gas influential – (UPI) Azerbaijan's importance as a natural gas producer and exporter is growing with developments at its Shah Deniz field, the U.S. Energy Department said…

Russia

Russia: impacts on the energy market – (Energy Global) Russia and Europe’s gas market - In a recent analysis from World Review, Russia’s hold on the European gas market has been commented upon. The EU forms the world’s largest energy importer and Russia is its biggest supplier of oil, gas, uranium and coal…

Back to the 90s - Russia to freeze energy tariffs – (BNE) In the face of persistently high inflation and capital outflows, the Russian government has decided to freeze energy tariffs, which will give the economy a short-term boost, but will also stymie the long-term development of the economy…

Russia’s Gazprom and China agree terms of long-awaited gas deal  -(Euronews) Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom has signed a long-awaited export contract with China as it seeks to diversify its markets away from Europe…

Russian gas reform proposal would open up LNG exports – (Daily News) Russia’s Energy Ministry has drafted a proposal that would liberalize exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and allow companies other than Gazprom to sell abroad…

Russia's energy giant Gazprom has postponed the start of the planned construction of a gas pipeline to China, wrote the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti on Wednesday, according to news agency RIA Novosti. (Russia Media) "Gazprom has delayed the start of construction of its" Power of Siberia "gas pipeline that will transport gas to China, from November (this year) to the first quarter of 2014", writes Vedomosti, quoting unspecified sources close to Gazprom and its affiliates…

Turkey

Turkey assures investment in energy sector – (Business Recorder) Turkish Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Taner in a meeting here with Ambassador of Pakistan Muhammad Haroon Shaukat assured full support of his government for initiating various development and investment projects in the energy sector…

Turkey: Energy Sector Updates  -(Mondaq) According to Turkey's Minister of Economy, Zafer Caglayan, Texas-based Energy Allied International is considering to invest as much as USD 3 billion in energy and petrochemicals in Turkey…

Turkey might enhance its standing as a vital energy transit – (Balkans) Major discoveries of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent years have added, with their serious political and security implications, to tension and instability of the volatile region…

Turkey Must Invest At Home To Reap Benefits Of New Eastern Mediterranean Energy Economy – (International Business Times) Turkey, reliant on costly imports and keen to play a role in the exploitation of recent natural gas finds off the coast of Israel and Cyprus, needs to invest in infrastructure if it wants to participate in the new energy economy in the eastern Mediterranean…

Turkish energy ministry: TANAP to be energy corridor between Caspian and Adriatic Seas – (Trend) The TANAP gas pipeline project will be the energy corridor connecting the Caspian Sea with the Adriatic, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said, the information portal Haber Ortak reported today…

Turkey sees current oil prices adding $3bn in extra costs – (The Peninsula) Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday Turkey would face annual additional costs of $3 billion if global oil prices stay at their current levels…

Energy minister hints at natural gas price hike – (World Bulletin) Yıldız suggested that “global developments might push them to make some arrangements,” igniting speculations of a price hike…

Ukraine

Ukraine's energy policy aimed at diversifying gas supplies  -(NRCU) This is what Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said this at a meeting with candidates for the posts of heads of district state administrations. He said that Ukraine had already started buying natural gas on the European market, which is much cheaper, and reduced the consumption of Russian gas…

Kiev plan would have European energy companies store natgas in Ukraine – (Ukrainian Journal) Ukraine seeks to let European energy companies store natural gas in its massive underground gas storage facilities as part of the country’s energy sector integration effort, Energy ands Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said…

DTEK maintains output in challenging market in H1 – (Coal Guru) DTEK, the largest privately owned vertically integrated energy company in Ukraine, maintained its strong production performance in the H1 of the year despite challenges in the Ukrainian electricity market…

DTEK maintains output in challenging market – (StockMarketWire) DTEK maintained its strong production performance in the first half of the year despite challenges in the Ukrainian electricity market…

Ukrainian Naftogaz and RWE Sign New Agreement – (PR Newswire) A new agreement between German electric utilities company RWE and Ukrainian state oil and gas managing company Naftogaz has been signed on September 5, 2013, informed Eduard Stavytskyi, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, as quoted by rbc.ua…

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