The proposed price for the construction of two 1000 MW units of what was supposed to become Bulgaria's second nuclear power plant, Belene, was EUR 6.3 B, not EUR 10 B, as Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov claims, Russian state company Rosatom stated on Tuesday.

• Date: 23.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 23.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from novinite.com

Ukraine continues to import European natural gas via Poland as it seeks to break the stranglehold of Russian supplies, Kiev's energy minister says

• Date: 21.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from upi.com

Turkey has announced a tender among companies importing electricity in the country to increase the electricity supply from Iran by existing available electric power facilities, the statement published on the website of Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) said.

• Date: 16.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 16.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from topnews.az

Worried about dependence on pricier gas from Iran and Russia, Turkey is turning to its own coal. The country signed a deal with a United Arab Emirates company that will boost its coal-fired power capacity 67 percent.

• Date: 14.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 14.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from themoscowtimes.com

Iran says its sole nuclear power plant is now linked to the national energy grid at full capacity after having to be taken off-line for two months.

• Date: 10.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 10.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from rferl.org

Nabucco gas pipeline project's shareholders, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International Gmbh (NIC) and the partners on Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas condensate field development and Nabucco project's potential investors (SOCAR, BP, Statoil and Total), have agreed on Equity Option and Funding Agreement.

• Date: 10.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 10.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

Turkey plans to acquire new oil fields in Libya at the Fizan block, the Sabah newspaper quotes Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz as saying on Monday.

• Date: 08.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from trend.az

The National Assembly (NA) of Viet Nam pays great attention to the co-operation the country shares with Russia in the energy sector and is constantly working to create favourable conditions for Russian enterprises to increase their investment in Viet Nam , according to NA Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

• Date: 08.01.2013  |  Published on EGF: 08.01.2013  |  Energy  |  from talkvietnam.com