Monday, December 29, 2025

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Orsted and ESB won 900 MW of offshore wind tenders in Ireland

Orsted announced on Wednesday that Ireland had awarded the rights to build a 900 Megawatt (MW), offshore wind farm, to a joint-venture between Denmark's Orsted utility and Irish utility ESB.

EUROPE GAS-Prices in Europe rise due to cold weather.

The price of Dutch and British gas contracts increased on Tuesday morning, as the cold weather across Europe boosted demand for gas heating and increased withdrawals. LSEG data…

DTEK, a Ukrainian company, imports US LNG through Lithuania

The Ukrainian energy company DTEK said that it has imported its first cargo via Lithuania's Klaipeda Import Terminal of U.S. LNG in order to improve energy security for Ukraine…

Slovakia imports two-thirds its gas from non-Russian suppliers this year

Denisa Sakova, Minister of Economy, said that Slovakia's dominant importer of gas, SPP, has only received 33% this year, from Russia. The rest is from other suppliers. Slovakia…

Swiss trader MET Group triples 2025 LNG cargoes, eyes global expansion, executive says

A Swiss energy trader, MET Group, has nearly tripled its liquefied gas cargo import volume so far this season. It expects even greater growth in the years to come as it prepares…

Ukraine Increases US LNG Imports via Poland for Winter

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Ukrainian state oil and gas firm Naftogaz said on Friday it was increasing imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas through Polish firm Orlen and U.S. partners to ensure supplies…

Ukraine increases imports of US Liquefied Natural Gas via Poland during heating season

Naftogaz, the Ukrainian state-owned oil and gas company, said it would increase imports of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas through Polish firm Orlen WA as well as U.S. Partners to…

Orlen LNG to sell 140 million cubic meters of US LNG to Ukraine's Naftogaz

Naftogaz, Ukraine's energy company of state, has signed a deal to purchase 140 million cubic meters (mcms) of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas from Poland's Orlen. After Russian shelling…

Ukraine and Poland nearly double the capacity of their gas link

The Ukrainian Energy Ministry announced on Friday that the gas transmission system operators in Poland and Ukraine would double the capacity of the interconnector from 6.4 million…

Maguire: Eastern Europe's secretive surge in solar power generation

In Europe, the discussion of solar energy generation is dominated by Germany and Spain. Solar capacity in the nine largest producers of solar energy in Eastern Europe grew at…

Maguire: Eastern Europe's secretive surge in solar power generation

In Europe, the discussion of solar energy generation is dominated by Germany and Spain. Solar capacity in the nine largest producers of solar energy in Eastern Europe has increased…

Ukraine to add bioethanol in petrol starting May; first imports sought from EU

Analyst Enkorr stated on Wednesday that Ukraine will add 5% bioethanol as a mandatory additive to motor fuel starting May 1, in order to comply with EU sustainability regulations.

Lithuanian official: EU could aggregate the demand for US gas in trade negotiations

As part of the negotiations with President Donald Trump, Lithuania's Energy Minister said on Tuesday that the European Union might consider aggregating their member countries' demands to buy U.S.

Ukraine purchases US LNG from Poland's Orlen

Naftogaz, the state-owned energy company in Ukraine, announced on Tuesday that it had purchased 100 million cubic meters (mcm), of U.S. LNG. This month, a senior Ukrainian energy…

Ukraine invests in US LNG to meet its rising gas import requirements

The state gas company of Ukraine said that it may import large quantities of U.S. natural gas via terminals located in Germany, Greece and Poland this year, as Kyiv continues…

Document shows that ten EU countries have called for sanctions against Russian LNG and gas

A document obtained by revealed that ten European Union nations have asked the 27-nation group to ban the imports of gas from Russia. This comes as Europe is debating new sanctions…

Lithuanian officials see a 'high probability' of Baltic Sea cables being intentionally cut

Gitanas Nuseda, the Lithuanian President said that it was highly likely that the two fibre-optic cables undersea that were damaged in the Baltic Sea last month were intentionally cut.

EU Energy Ministers Discuss Ukraine Energy Crisis and Russian LNG

Officials said that EU energy ministers met on Tuesday in Luxembourg to discuss the rising Russian LNG imports into the EU, Ukraine's energy shortages before winter and how…

EU Energy Ministers Discuss Ukraine Energy Crisis and Russian LNG

Officials said that EU energy ministers met on Tuesday in Luxembourg to discuss the rising Russian LNG imports and Ukraine's energy shortages before winter, as well as how to…

Document shows EU countries want more transparency about Russian gas imports

In a letter to the European Commission on Monday, a group of EU member states including France and the Baltic States asked for tighter reporting requirements across the EU on Russian LNG imports.