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Timing of Nord Stream 2 gas link startup dependent on German regulator
The start date for commercial gas flows through the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany will be dependent on approval from the German regulator, a senior Russian official said Sept. 9.
read more... 10/09/2021
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French grid operator’s ‘software-controlled battery experiment’ begins
A grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) has come online in northeastern France, which will be used by the national transmission grid operator RTE to assess the role of automated electricity storage in managing power flows.
read more... 27/07/2021
Is The World’s Most Controversial Pipeline About To Pivot To Hydrogen?
Keeping the position of key energy supplier to the Old Continent comes at a price. And it looks like it’s a price Russia is ready to pay it. Moscow is silently investing in the production of hydrogen, potentially aiming to make it flow through its new NordStream 2 pipeline. While the future of the controversial project still fuels debates and uncertainties, Russia decided to adapt to its neighbor's needs for cleaner energy sources, and in particular for hydrogen, which the European Commission put at the forefront of its recovery agenda.
read more... 23/03/2021
Ukraine warns of reduction in Russian gas flows to Europe amid high energy demand
Russian state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom is to reduce gas transit volumes across Ukraine to Europe, despite high demand on the continent due to persistent cold weather.
read more... 25/02/2021
Power flows with UK ‘less efficient’ since Brexit
Additional red tape and customs declarations means electricity will no longer flow as smoothly as it used to when the UK was a full member of the European Union, leading to “increased costs of energy trading,” an EU spokesperson told EURACTIV.
read more... 07/01/2021