Frosts increase energy consumption
Week in Slovakia
Monday – 6th February 2012
According to Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic the stress tests have been objective and transparent. It responds to Greenpeace, which has criticized alleged shortcomings of the National Report on the Stress Tests for NPPs in Slovakia. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
The Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic prepares no support programs for hpuseholds in the renewable energy sources. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
The gas supply from Russia are guaranteed. Slovenský plynárenský priemysel reported limiting daily supply about 22 %. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Tuesday – 7th February 2012
Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Marie van den Hoeven said on the press conference that Slovakia should improve the energy security and competitiveness of industry. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Wednesday – 8th February 2012
Slovakia should amend the allocation of emission allowances from their allocation fo free to the auction next year. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Nuclear and Decommissioning Company (JAVYS) plans to build storage for radioactive waste. The building will last from March 2013 to October 2015. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Nuclear energy and ionizing radiation have many possibilities for peaceful using, said the president and chairman of the Slovak Nuclear Society Vladimir Slugeň. At the French-Slovak nuclear engineering seminar attended the coming generation of Slovak experts in this field. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Winter has caused an increased consumption of electricity. Reliability and safety of the transmission system is not danger even the transmission system operator in the Slovak Republic registered a significant increase in consumption, said for the portal energia.sk Executive Director of the management support of Slovak Electricity Transmission System (SEPS) Igor Gallo. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
According to the European Court of Auditors there is a lack of approximately 2.5 billion eur for disposal of nuclear in Slovakia, Lithuania and Bulgaria. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Thursday – 9th February 2012
According to the Chairman of the Committee on Economy, Construction and Transport the most effective alternative for Slovakia may be the targeted cultivation of agricultural crops and biomethane production. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Schools in the region Košice exceed the contractual daily maximums of energy imports because of frosts. They should be penalized. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)