Central and Eastern Europe have more advantageous purchase prices of natural gas compared to Western European countries. European Commission Vice President, Maros Sefcovic, wants to ensure that Eastern European gas markets will operate as well as Western Europe markets within the Energy Union.
Energy experts find the attitude of political parties toward the energy efficiency in Slovakia incomprehensible. The Association of Energy Service Providers warns politicians that if this issue is handled right, employment will increase and costs for the industry, public sector and households will be reduced.
According to the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency, the accusations of filling in applications automatically by a robot in the second round of the project Green to Households, which appeared in the media, have not been proved.
The original budget of 4 million euros within the project Green to Households was exceeded dramatically already on the very first day of its launch. SIEA therefore raised funds for the second round by another 3 million euros for regions outside Bratislava.
The Regulatory Office for Network Industries has already received almost 500 comments within the interdepartmental review. More than 300 comments were major.
The daily gas transport capacity between the Czech Republic and Slovak is set to increase from 67 million cubic meters to 120 million cubic meters in three years.
The Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA) has received motions warning about some contractors who present misleading information about devices, guaranteeing energy and costs savings which are impossible to achieve.
The approval of the contract on the construction of two power lines, which is to be signed by the Slovak national grid operator SEPS and the Hungarian transmission grid operator MAVIR, has been delayed by the Hungarians.
The Administration of State Material Reserves states that they do not have sufficient nuclear fuel reserves, while Slovenske Elektrarne argues it has nuclear fuel reserves for a certain period of time.
The police state that some conclusions of the audit of Supreme Audit Office (NKU) at Slovenske Elektrarne correspond to charges filed against one person in respect of the offence of misrepresenting trade and economic records.
According to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Slovenske Elektrarne (SE) is preparing documentation necessary for the permit to introduce the nuclear installation into operation and for the operation itself.
Following gas price increase for Ukraine by Russia in January 2016, Ukraine has increased gas imports from the European Union. Gas imports via Slovakia to Ukraine have doubled over the last hours.
The mining company has already invested 18 million euros into research and plans to spend another 4.5 million euros on exploratory wells. Residents of affected villages in north-east of Slovakia have organised a protest against these activities.
According to the economy ministry, decree on gas refunds is set to be published in the Collection of Laws in the following days. Afterwards, nothing will stand in the way for Slovak consumers to receive gas refunds.
The daily gas transit to Ukraine via Vojany-Uzhgorod reverse gas pipeline has reached less than 19 million cubic meters over the first days of the year 2016. Gas transit even dropped to roughly 12 million cubic meters on Wednesday.