Subsidies for coal mining and strict regulation of energy price are likely to remain. Two strongest parties of the future ruling coalition do not plan any changes in this field.
After two rounds of the state support for the purchase and installation of a small-scale renewable energy source, the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency registers nearly 1,000 unused vouchers.
The economy ministry is preparing the second round of gas vouchers. This time, vouchers will be sent to consumers who provided their gas suppliers with incorrect data , have not updated their permanent addresses or are not present at their permanent addresses.
More than 640 MW of electricity and more than 180 MW of heat capacity will be built in Slovakia thanks to new projects which were granted a licence by the economy ministry.
The company Bratislavska Teplarenska is waiting for the court’s decision on objections. The company objects to the limitation period of a majority of Paroplyn Holdings Limited’s claim.
Current energy prices at the energy exchange give space for electricity and gas price reduction. The Regulatory Office for Network Industries, however, does not plan to open a new price-setting process and will let energy suppliers make decision on a possible price reduction.
Hungarian company Ganz EEM, which is part of the company Atomenergomas, Rosatom’s engineering division, is modernising the refueling machine at the third and fourth nuclar blocks in Mochovce.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries plans to carry out physical inspections of the buildings, assets, transformers, cars, specific networks and networks of distributors operating in gas and electricity market across the country.
Vodohospodarska Vystavba has not yet announced an international tender for the supplier of turbo generators repairs at hydropower plant Gabcikovo. It is expected to do this by the end of March.
The European Commission has adopted measures to assure secure energy supplies. The package of measures is expected to prepare us for global energy transformation as well as for a possible supply disruptions.
The Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency has already posted vouchers to Slovak households as the part of the second round of support scheme for the installation of a small power and heat plants. Households have 30 days to sign a contract on installation with the contractor.
Slovak Prime Minister met with Gazprom’s Chief Executive last week. The Slovak side wanted to keep this meeting secret. This provided an opportunity for beautiful but unnecessary speculations.