Energy
#FORATOM selects new President Esa Hyvärinen
FORATOM is pleased to announce that Esa Hyvärinen (pictured) has been appointed by the association’s General Assembly as FORATOM President for a two-year period starting on 1 January 2020.“I feel deeply honoured to be appointed as the new president of FORATOM and I look forward to the next two years working with the General Assembly, […]
Statement by Vice President Maroš Šefčovič on long-term transit of #RussianGas to Europe via #Ukraine
“Let me express my strongest appreciation for all the hard work and effort by everyone involved. In practice, this means that gas will continue to flow from Russia to Europe via Ukraine as of 1 January 2020. This is a powerful message to both, our consumers and industry, clearly demonstrating that the EU cares and […]
#FORATOM welcomes outcome of Trilogue on Taxonomy regulation
FORATOM welcomes the agreement reached in Trilogue between the Council, Parliament and Commission on the proposal for a regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (so-called “Taxonomy”) and the fact that the agreed text does not exclude nuclear energy from the regulation. In reference to the delegated acts, which subject nuclear […]
#FORATOM welcomes Commission’s Green Deal ambitions
FORATOM welcomes the European Commission’s goal of becoming more ambitious in reducing its CO2 emissions whilst at the same time ensuring that no EU citizen is left behind in the transition. If the EU is to achieve its zero-carbon target 2050, then its current 2030 CO2 reduction targets may not be enough. We therefore support […]
#EnergyUnion – EU supports #CelticInterconnector and Baltic synchronization project
Two grants for important electricity interconnection projects will be signed in the presence of Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson: the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France, and the Harmony Link Interconnector between Lithuania and Poland. Both are projects of common interest that will contribute to a diversification of energy supply and improved […]
#EnergyUnion – EU supports Celtic interconnector and Baltic synchronization project
Two grants for important electricity interconnection projects will be signed in the presence of Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson: the Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France, and the Harmony Link Interconnector between Lithuania and Poland. Both are projects of common interest which will contribute to a diversification of energy supply and improved energy […]
Russian Bear’s #Power Grab Sparks Protests in Kyiv
Following yesterday’s startling and incoherent decision by Ukraine’s cabinet of ministers to dismiss the President of Energoatom Mr Yuri Nedashkovsky by a cavalier show of hands, workers of the company immediately staged a protest outside the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection on Kreshchatyk in Central Kyiv. The protestors demanded that Minister Orzhel should stop […]