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Russian giant Gazprom will cut its gas supplies to Italy by 15% due to the back-and-forth between Russia and Europe over energy supplies, the company said on Wednesday. Following the decision to cut by 40% the volume of gas supplies to Germany along the Nord Stream pipeline on 14 June, …

Ukraine hopes to make €1.5 billion from electricity exports to the European Union by the end of the year and earn to more in the future after obtaining the right to export its energy there, a Ukrainian energy ministry adviser said on Wednesday (8 June). Former Soviet Ukraine’s electricity grid …

New planned LNG import facilities in the EU – especially in Germany, Italy, Greece, and the Netherlands – could supply a quarter more gas to the EU than before, with Italy ramping up gas imports and production and deviating from climate objectives, a report from the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) …

The Netherlands and Germany will drill for gas in the North Sea together, with production expected to start in 2024, the Dutch government has announced. According to the Dutch government’s website, production will take place in the North Sea, about 19 kilometres north of Schiermonnikoog and Borkum. A pipeline is …

Urgent and additional measures are needed if Ireland is to meet the climate targets it has set for itself, the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said in a newly released report. According to the EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions projections 2021-2040, published on Wednesday (1 June), “urgent implementation of all …

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will call for more ambition to implement the reform of the European electricity markets and reduce energy bills on Monday and Tuesday at the EU summit in Brussels, Spanish official sources told EURACTIV’s partner EFE. Sánchez, together with other EU leaders, will participate in the extraordinary …

Serbia can use Hungary’s facilities to store 500 million cubic metres of gas to secure a steady supply during winter according to an agreement reached between both states in Budapest Wednesday. “We’ll start filling the storage by the end of June. Serbia will be able to withdraw three million cubic …

Italian energy giant Eni has started procedures to open accounts in euros and roubles with private Russian bank Gazprombank, the company announced on Tuesday. In April, Moscow said it would only continue gas exports in exchange for roubles in response to the West’s sanctions. The European Commission issued then the …

Gazprom decided not to renew its capacity share via the Yamal gas pipeline that runs through Poland nor the capacity transit via Slovakia for June, Czech press agency ČTK reported based on their findings of the results of an energy auction. Gazprom announced last week that it would not transport …

Czech state fuel distributor Čepro is ready to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the country so gas could be transported from the Baltics by train. In the future, ship transport is also possible if the navigability of the Elbe River is resolved. Planned LNG transhipment facility is …