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Photo: EBRDEurope gas crisis hampers blue hydrogen outlook – analysis
May 24, 2022 | Tasmin Chowdhary, MontelEurope’s gas supply crisis has lifted blue hydrogen production costs, leaving it an expensive and high-risk investment, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) on Tuesday....
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Photo: Roman PeklajTesting of IGB pipeline in Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora completed
May 24, 2022 | Peter PalčecEnergy policy
The section of the Bulgarian-Greek gas pipeline in the Bulgarian town of Stara Zagora has successfully passed pneumatic tests for strength, tightness and gas metering, said the company in charge, ICGB, last week. ...
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Photo: Alenka Lena KlopčičRomanian Mintia coal plant to be auctioned in July
May 24, 2022 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Renewables | Coal | Energy policy
Romania’s decommissioned Mintia coal-fired power plant in Hunedoara County, which was permanently shut down last spring, will be put up for auction in July, the county’s authorities announced in a Facebook post on Monday....
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Photo: LNG HrvatskaRomania wants to partner with Shell on LNG projects – minister
May 23, 2022 | Peter PalčecEnergy policy
Romania wants to partner with Shell in implementing LNG projects and hopes to persuade the multinational oil and gas company to return to the Romanian market, its energy minister said last week....
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Photo: Roman PeklajEC taxonomy to face EU parliament objection vote in July
May 23, 2022 | Siobhan Hall, MontelEnergy policy | Nuclear Energy
The European Parliament will vote in early July on whether to reject the European Commission’s draft EU sustainable finance taxonomy for including natural gas and nuclear....
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Photo: Premogovnik VelenjeFBiH coal miners cancel 23 May industrial action
May 23, 2022 | Maja ŽuvelaElectricity | Coal | Energy policy | CO2 emissions | Economy
Coal miners from seven mines that belong to the Bosnian power utility EPBiH’s concern decided on Friday to cancel the industrial action they had planned after reaching agreement on a pay raise with EPBiH....
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Photo: PetrolSlovenian Petrol’s natural gas sales drop 56% in Q1 2022
May 20, 2022 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Oil and oil derivates | Economy
Slovenian energy group Petrol’s total gas sales fell 56% in Q1 2022 year-on-year due to a major drop in sales to end users, it says in its quarterly financial statement, which was published on Friday....
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Photo: MontelUS fund KKR buys Bulgarian Maritsa Iztok 3 coal plant
May 20, 2022 | Peter PalčecElectricity | Coal | Economy
The US company ContourGlobal has decided to sell the 908 MW Maritsa Iztok 3 coal-fired plant in Bulgaria to the American Kravis Roberts Fund (KKR) for EUR 2bn, Bulgarian media reported on Wednesday....
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Photo: UMAS LondonCroatia mulls land-based LNG terminal as major EU energy hub
May 20, 2022 | MontelEnergy policy
Croatia has not put aside the idea of developing a land-based LNG terminal on the island of Krk if it receives strong support from the EU, an economy ministry spokeswoman told Montel on Thursday....
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Photo: GazpromGovernments must enforce rubles gas payment ban – EC
May 19, 2022 | Siobhan Hall, MontelEnergy policy
National governments are responsible for ensuring that companies respect EU sanctions and do not comply in full with a Kremlin decree that requires payments for Russian gas in rubles, the European Commission said on Thursday....
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