Russia says awaiting Iranian response on fuel swap
Global powers seeking to ensure Iran does not develop nuclear weapons are still hoping for a response from Tehran to a fuel swap proposal seen as a step towards ending the persistent standoff, Russia said
East Europe nuclear plants struggle to find investors
Cash shortages and uncertainty over energy prices are delaying or cutting back nuclear power projects across Central and South-Eastern Europe, threatening energy supply and a push to abandon polluting coal.
Russian and European Officials Clash Over Gas Pipeline Plans
Russian and European energy officials clashed publicly Wednesday over how the European Union could diversify its supplies of natural gas, with each side defending its pet projects as the best way of ensuring that Europe’s growing energy needs would be met.
Lithuania pressures Commission against Gazprom
Lithuania stepped up a row with Gazprom on 25 January. The dispute pits EU energy policy against gas supplier Russia and reveals more friction between Moscow and its neighbours over energy.
Baltic unity missing
The nuclear power plant project in Lithuania, to replace the former plant at Ignalina, is “doomed,” former vice-president at Latvia’s power utility company Latvenergo, Aigars Melko, said in an interview with the business magazine Lietiska Diena, reports news agency LETA. “I believe that the nuclear power plant project in Kaliningrad has doomed the proposed Baltic power plant project in Lithuania.
Eesti Energia to start generating heat and power in Latvia
Estonian state-owned energy giant Eesti Energia has acquired a majority holding in a heating enterprise in Valka – Valkas Bioenergo Kompanija, Latvia and plans to establish a new biofuel-based co-generation plant in 2012, the company announced on Tuesday. The new name of the enterprise that will provide heat to the city of Valka is Enefit Heat&Power Valka.
Belarus, Russia to cooperate in building nuclear power plant
Belarus and Russia have agreed to cooperate in the construction of a Belarusian nuclear power plant, the head of Russia's nuclear agency, Rosatom, said
EU: Azerbaijani and Turkmen gases are sufficient for pumping of Nabucco pipeline
The European Union is set to receive gas from the Caspian region within ’two to three years’ after a recent visit to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan produced significant supply pledges, the bloc’s top energy official said Tuesday, Monsters and Critics reported.
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