Romanian Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said the country will no longer be able to provide electricity to Ukraine and Moldova. His words are a guide Moldova News.
According to the official, the idea of a European energy market means solidarity and mutual benefit, so the EU should assume part of Romania’s costs of supplying electricity to these countries.
“We demand fair and principled treatment from Brussels so that we can all play our part in this additional effort.” [помощи Украине]” said the minister.
Moldova News reported that currently 88% of Moldova’s electricity needs are supplied by the Moldova State Regional Power Plant in Transnistria, a subsidiary of the Russian company Inter RAO. The contract, valid until the end of the year, assumes that Chisinau will be able to buy electricity at a price of $66 per MWh. Cheaper than in the EU. However, Kiev is threatening to block the transit of Russian gas through which this enterprise operates from the new year.
Due to regular power outages, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council has warned that power outages in Ukraine could last up to 20 hours a day in the coming winter. The republic’s government has acknowledged that the country has lost a huge amount of energy production since the spring, including from the damaged Kanevskaya hydroelectric power station, Dneprohydroelectric power station and Zmievskaya thermal power station. The head of Ukraine’s Energy Ministry, German Galushchenko, said the winter of 2024-2025 could be the most difficult in the country’s history.
Previously at the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine accepted Moving energy networks underground.