Energy, page 14
News on Slovakia's energy sector
SE-related charges piling up
CHARGES related to privatisation of the country’s dominant power producer Slovenské Elekrárne (SE) have been adding up.
The police reveal accused in power plant scandal
POLICE have published the names of five people charged in the case of Slovenské Elekrárne (SE), the country’s dominant electricity producer.
EPH allegedly closing in on SE deal
Completion of the third and fourth units of the Mochovce nuclear power station is still the main focus.
State heating plant to pay Penta €28.7 mln
The state-owned heating company Bratislavská Teplárenska (BAT) has definitively lost a lawsuit against the Paroplyn Holdings Limited company, owned by the financial group Penta, concerning the payment for unused heat that had dragged on for years.
Enel allegedly reached agreement with Czech EPH over its stake in SE
ITALIAN company Enel has allegedly reached a general agreement with Czech-based Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) to sell its stake in Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), Slovakia’s main electricity producer, the Reuters newswire reported on October 22.
Completion of Mochovce postponed again
THE CONSTRUCTION of the third and fourth blocks of the Mochovce nuclear power plant (EMO) will be finished later than expected.
Slovnaft gives up SE
The Slovak-Hungarian consortium of the Slovnaft refinery and the MVM company will notbefurther interested in purchasing a stake in Slovakia’s largest power producer, Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) held by the Italian energy group Enel.
Five people charged in Slovenské elektrárne (SE) power company investigation
THE INVESTIGATION launched in summer 2014 into the activities of the Slovenské elektrárne (SE) power company has brought the first charges.
Eustream seeking ways to keep gas transit
WHILE plans of Russian Gazprom and its partners in western Europe to extend the Nord Stream pipeline endanger the future position of Slovakia in transit of natural gas from Russia westwards via Ukraine, the Eustream company is looking for ways to keep its business profitable.
Energy market for households remains concentrated
HOUSEHOLD markets of natural gas and electricity remain highly concentrated in Slovakia in spite of market liberalisation, with traditional suppliers remaining strong.
Fico, EU critical of pipeline project
PLANS to expand the Nord Stream pipeline, which would enable the transit of Russian gas to bypass Ukraine as well as Slovakia en route to Europe, have prompted anger in Bratislava but analysts have questioned its effectiveness and the expanded pipeline is far from certain.
Fico is a part time friend
There is tremendous irony Prime Minister Robert Fico’s statement that the planned expansion of the Nord Stream pipeline, which brings Russian gas under the North Sea directly to Germany, represents a “betrayal” to Slovakia.
Prime Minister Fico on Nord Stream: “They’re making fools of us.”
THE ANNOUNCED expansion of the transport capacity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline is an anti-Ukrainian and anti-European project, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said after talks with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico in Bratislava on September 10.
Nafta plans gas extraction
SLOVAKIA depends almost 100 percent on imports of natural gas, but this does not mean that the country has no deposits of this raw material.
Enel reportedly started talks with EPH
ITALIAN company Enel has begun exclusive talks with Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) to sell a stake in Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), Slovakia’s main electricity producer, to the Czech energy company, the Reuters newswire reported on August 24.
Voucher scheme to support renewables
Programme to push households to purchase and install RES facilities.
Chinese company is reportedly interested in SE stock
THE STATE-run China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) may soon enter the competition over a 66-percent share of Slovakia’s main electricity producer Slovenské Elektrárne (SE).
Heat-wave will not limit electric power supplies for Slovak companies
SLOVAK companies need not fear any limitations in power supplies due to extremely hot days – as is the case now for example in Poland.
Household gas prices to shrink 3.91 percent in September
GAS prices for households are set to drop by 3.91 percent as of September, with the average price of gas supplied to small businesses also set to post a fall by 3.7 percent.
Fico cancels meeting in Rome
PRIME Minister Robert Fico originally claimed to visit Italy in June to discuss the sale of the majority share in the Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) electricity producer with its majority owner, company Enel.
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