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The second phase of inactive tests of the commissioning process started in Unit 4 of the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia, announced Slovenské elektrárne.

The State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) started gas deliveries to Slovakia’s SPP, the country’s largest state-owned energy supplier, starting on December 1, reports via SOCAR. “Gas supplies are being conducted under a short-term pilot agreement between SOCAR and SPP, with both companies aiming to strengthen and expand their long-term energy partnership,” […]

Slovakia’s Ministry of Economy and the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency launched the Green Solidarity Project to help reduce energy costs for low-income households.

Slovakia has achieved another notable success by securing a 5 million US dollar grant to support the decision-making process for the construction of small modular reactors.

Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Denisa Saková, has highlighted the critical need for closer cooperation between state and local governments to address the country’s climate, development and energy challenges. 

Slovakia has secured a $5 million grant to advance its nuclear programs, particularly focusing on the construction of small modular reactors (SMRs), officials said.

Gas from Azerbaijan could significantly enhance Europe’s energy security and by extension, Slovakia’s as well, said Minister Sakova.

With financial support from the EU, Slovakia’s electricity transmission system is undergoing modernisation, introducing new technologies and upgrading equipment.

The Slovak Water Management Company, or Vodohospodársky Podnik, owned by the Ministry of Environment of Slovakia, has begun reconstruction and maintenance at the Orava Dam in the north of the country, the ministry said in a statement.  

As Serbia's Energy Development Strategy envisions, for the first time, the potential use of nuclear energy, the experiences of countries like Slovakia and the Czech Republic offer valuable insights.

Ukraine has halted the transit of Russian crude oil from Lukoil through its territory, impacting Hungary and Slovakia. Now, the two countries are looking for alternatives.

Slovakia has initiated negotiations with Austria and Hungary to discuss the security of gas supply, in the case of a possible termination of gas transport through Ukraine after 2024. 

Slovakia has taken over the presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) succeeding Serbia for the year 2024.

The leaders of the Visegrad 4 countries (Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia and Poland) are calling for more cooperation in facing the challenges of the energy transition.

Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Denisa Sakova held a meeting with the IAEA's Director General Rafael Grossi in Mochovce in western Slovakia. 

By 2030, Slovakia will invest nearly two billion euros from the Modernisation Fund for the decarbonisation of the industry and heating sector. According to the Ministry of the Environment, these two sectors together are responsible for almost 70 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the country. Thus, the Ministry sees the approved State […]

Slovakia will invest 317 million euros from the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the decarbonisation of the three largest CO2 emitters in the country.

Azerbaijan plans to start gas supplies to Hungary and Slovakia at the end of 2023, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. “Today, Azerbaijani gas is exported...

Slovakia’s largest energy supplier SPP signed an MoU with the biggest Italian energy companies, Enel, Eni and Snam on commercial cooperation in the gas and LNG sector.

GAZ-SYSTEM and Slovakia's state-owned SPP joined by a senior government official recently discussed opportunities for bilateral gas cooperation and the possibility for Slovakia to access LNG .