“Government forgot us”: after 15 days without electricity, Crimean residents ran out of patience
Dried water taps. Closed shop windows. Pitch-dark houses. Local residents gathered near the municipality building to charge their smartphones in…
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VERT reassures vulnerable consumers: their electricity supply will not be interrupted
Following discussions in society and the media regarding the termination of independent electricity supply contracts with vulnerable consumers, the National Energy Regulatory…
Is it worth installing a solar power plant if ESO only allows 1 kW to be fed into the grid? Real one-year experience
Is it worth investing in a solar power plant if you can only transmit 1 kW to the grid? Many believe that under such conditions, the power plant loses most of its benefits. However…
„Litgrid“: higher import flows and increased wind generation reduced electricity price
Last week, due to increased import flows from Sweden and growing wind generation in the Nordic countries, electricity prices in Lithuania decreased by a quarter.
Lukas Savickas: decisions on offshore wind farm – after analyzing the “Ignitis Group” report
Amid doubts about the fate of the 700-megawatt, approximately 3 billion euro first commercial offshore wind farm project developed by Ignitis Group, the new energy…
„Litgrid“: by 2035, Lithuania will need 3 GW of new system flexibility capacity
With the growing production and consumption of renewable energy sources (RES), over approximately a decade, Lithuania will need approximately three more gigawatts (GW) of new electricity system flexibility…
Widespread power outages reported across Georgia: Tbilisi also went dark
Social media users in several cities, including Batumi, Zugdidi, and Kutaisi, report power outages. The power went out shortly after midnight, on the night of July 23-24. Read more Vidas Mačiulis ended up in intensive care Authorities have not yet issued an official statement, but media, citing the Georgian State Electrosystem, which manages the country’s…
Fix now or wait: how much can waiting for a better electricity price cost a business?
Companies delaying a decision on electricity price fixing may incur hundreds of thousands of euros in additional costs. This trend is shown by “Elektrum Lietuva” this year for business…
One of the strangest science experiments: why an electrically connected cucumber starts to glow
When a pickled cucumber is connected to an electric current, it starts to sizzle, and soon one end glows a bright orange color. This, surprising science enthusiasts for decades…
Crimean residents spoke about a harsh reality: “As if it were “The Hunger Games”
Journalists from the British newspaper “The Guardian” spoke with residents of Russian-occupied Crimea, who expressed dissatisfaction with Moscow, because the peninsula, started by Ukraine in the spring…