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What changes on the platform and what happens in Europe's electricity market, written briefly.

Gas Cyprus protests to the UN over Turkish surveys for a pipeline to the north; Ankara says it could power the whole island

Cyprus · 8 Nov 2026

Cyprus has protested to the UN Secretary-General over Turkish seabed surveys for a 101 km gas pipeline between Turkey and the north of the island, which it regards as a breach of its sovereignty. A day earlier, the Turkish energy minister had said the project could eventually supply electricity to the whole island.

Energy policy

Greece prepares a fixed electricity tariff for municipalities with PPC, to apply after the winter

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Greece | 8 Nov 2026

The Greek government is negotiating with PPC (ΔΕΗ) a fixed (“blue”) electricity tariff for municipalities, intended to apply after the winter, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy announced at the congress of the union of municipalities. The package for local authorities includes 50 million euros for batteries.

Gas

Turkey has stopped importing Turkmen gas via Iran because of US sanctions, energy minister says

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Türkiye | 8 Nov 2026

Turkey has stopped importing gas from Turkmenistan via Iran because the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “got involved”, the Turkish energy minister said. The deal, which started in March 2025, provided for 1.3 billion cubic metres a year, and Turkey’s gas contracts with Iran expire in November.

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Grid

Statnett commissions a 132 kV cable in Narvik routed through the Hålogaland Bridge across the Rombaken fjord

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Norway | 8 Nov 2026

Statnett has put into operation in Narvik a 132 kV link made of three cables installed in the Hålogaland suspension bridge, replacing the old subsea cables under the Rombaken fjord. A special arrangement lets the cables follow the movements of the 1,533-metre bridge, and the link strengthens supply in Narvik, Lofoten, Vesterålen and Harstad.

Storage & batteries

E.ON secures the pumps of Malmö’s new heat storage tank with a 2,500 kVA backup generator able to run 48 hours

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Sweden | 8 Nov 2026

E.ON has ordered from Coromatic a 2,500 kVA backup power plant with 17,000 litres of HVO100 that will keep the pumps of Malmö’s new heat storage tank running for up to 48 hours during a power cut. The 75-metre district heating tank will store about 2,400 MWh and is due to be fully operational from winter 2028/2029.

Gas

Bulgargaz: Toplofikatsia Sofia's debts exceed EUR 900 million, but gas deliveries continue

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Bulgaria | 8 Nov 2026

Bulgaria's public gas supplier Bulgargaz and Sofia's municipal leadership have resumed talks on the debts of district heating company Toplofikatsia Sofia, which exceed EUR 900 million and keep growing. Bulgargaz says it will not halt deliveries, and the next meeting is scheduled for next week.

Energy policy

Moldova's energy minister at the CESEC meeting in Zagreb: three interconnection projects with Romania under way

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Moldova | 8 Nov 2026

Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu took part in the CESEC ministerial meeting in Zagreb, where he presented the three interconnection projects with Romania and the tender for 170 MW of wind power with over 150 MWh of storage. The 6 November meeting also brought Czechia and Poland into the European Commission's regional initiative.

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Energy policy

Kosovo: regulator proposes valuing prosumers’ surplus at the ALPEX price, with credit valid for a year

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Kosovo | 8 Nov 2026

Kosovo’s Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE) has discussed with stakeholders a concept document for revising the rule on renewable energy self-consumers. Energy fed into the grid would be valued at the day-ahead price of the ALPEX exchange, and the monetary credit could be used for up to a year.

Energy policy

Hungary allocates HUF 40.5 billion to district heating, with staged payments until January 2027

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Hungary | 8 Nov 2026

Energy policy

Belarus raises export duty on liquefied petroleum gas 3.5-fold: $61.5 per tonne from 1 November

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Belarus | 8 Nov 2026

Energy policy

Spain: savings from switching to heat pumps will be multiplied up to four times in the CAE system

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Spain | 8 Nov 2026

Energy policy

Germany to pay €4.2 billion less for EEG renewables in 2026, thanks to high power prices

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Germany | 8 Nov 2026

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Energy prices

Serbian exchange SEEPEX: regional power prices pass €300/MWh, October average climbs to about €250/MWh

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Serbia | 8 Nov 2026

The executive director of Serbia's power exchange SEEPEX, Miloš Mladenović, says prices on regional exchanges have passed the €300/MWh mark amid weak hydrology and heavy imports in Southeast Europe. On the Hungarian exchange, the first quarter of 2027 is trading at around €240/MWh.

Energy prices

Italy's retail and services firms paid €3.8 billion for electricity in the third quarter, 46.2% more than in 2025

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Italy | 8 Nov 2026

Energy prices

Primeo Energie raises electricity prices by 42% for fixed-price customers in France from 1 February 2027

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | France | 7 Nov 2026

Energy prices

Armenia: a 69% rise in the price of Russian gas would add about 3.3 drams per kWh to the electricity tariff, regulator estimates

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Armenia | 7 Nov 2026

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Companies

Faroe Islands: SEV cannot start its steam boiler for green surplus energy at Sund and is considering legal action

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Denmark | 8 Nov 2026

The Faroese labour inspectorate (Arbeiðseftirlitið) has barred the utility SEV from using a large steam boiler meant for green surplus energy, because its location at the Sund power plant endangers people. The boiler must be moved to a new building, and SEV is considering legal action against the project's consultants, KVF reports.

Companies

Skopje: EUR 2.5 million TESSA Energy cogeneration plant brings 20% cheaper heat to more than 500 families

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | North Macedonia | 8 Nov 2026

Companies

Croatia: about 500 m³ of crude oil leaks from JANAF pipeline near Nova Gradiška; Sisak–Slavonski Brod section shut

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Croatia | 8 Nov 2026

Companies

Nordic energy hubs: Ørsted, CIP and Danfoss back the concept, but investments are not yet committed

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Denmark | 7 Nov 2026

Companies

Romania's competition authority to clear Premier Energy's takeover of Distribuție Energie Oltenia "within days"

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Romania | 7 Nov 2026

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Grid

Eastern Green Link 2 after two years of construction: the 2 GW, 505 km HVDC link between Scotland and England takes shape

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | United Kingdom | 8 Nov 2026

Eastern Green Link 2, the 2 GW, 505 km direct-current link between Peterhead (Scotland) and Drax (England), has completed two years of construction. According to SSEN Transmission and National Grid, the converter station buildings are rising at both ends, and the £4.3 billion project is expected to be fully operational in 2029.

Grid

Vattenfall builds a 130 kV substation near Nyköping for a 120 MWp solar park due to be energised in December

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Sweden | 7 Nov 2026

Grid

Prague blackout: a short circuit at the Západ substation cut power to about 70,000 supply points

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Czechia | 7 Nov 2026

Grid

Litgrid returns to profit: €35.8 million in nine months, after a €35.2 million loss a year earlier

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Lithuania | 7 Nov 2026

Grid

Greece–Cyprus cable: surveys on the GSI route resume, with a NAVTEX valid until 6 March 2027

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Cyprus | 7 Nov 2026

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Analysis

New buildings in Estonia do not always bring lower bills: the new school in Lihula uses more than the old one

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Estonia | 6 Nov 2026

The new building of Lääneranna upper secondary school in Lihula, designed as a nearly zero-energy building, has much higher electricity and heating bills than the old school, ERR reports. A TalTech professor attributes the difference to ventilation and says fine-tuning can cut consumption.

Analysis

Germany paid €76 billion net for energy imports in 2025, even though volumes fell by a quarter

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Germany | 6 Nov 2026

Analysis

Luxembourg is the only EU country where climate has overtaken energy independence, EIB survey shows

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Luxembourg | 5 Nov 2026

Analysis

The Maltese, more than any other Europeans, see climate as the top gain of the energy transition: 31%, EIB finds

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Malta | 5 Nov 2026

Analysis

EIB survey: 88% of Cypriots see the energy transition as urgent, the highest share in the EU

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Cyprus | 5 Nov 2026

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Gas

Bosnia and Herzegovina prepares another gas pipeline to Croatia: the Western Interconnection, about 196 km long

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 Nov 2026

Gas transmission operator BH-Gas has launched a new procedure for the feasibility study of the Western Interconnection, a pipeline of about 196 km that would bring natural gas to the Una-Sana canton, BiznisInfo.ba reports. The study is estimated at 370,000 KM excluding VAT, with bids accepted until 7 December 2026.

Gas

Naftogaz heads into winter on an 'everything will be bad' scenario: 1,350 crews and no gas outage schedules

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Ukraine | 8 Nov 2026

Gas

Shah Deniz: profit tax forecast for 2027 falls to AZN 1.42 billion, 11.3% below the 2026 level

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Azerbaijan | 8 Nov 2026

Gas

Hungary looks for gas from the Black Sea and the north: talks on Neptun Deep, and all V4 states are now in CESEC

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Hungary | 7 Nov 2026

Gas

North Macedonia–Greece gas pipeline: 64 km of pipe delivered and 43 km welded on the 68 km section

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | North Macedonia | 7 Nov 2026

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Nuclear

Cernavodă: Unit 1 runs at 50% power, decision on restarting Unit 2 expected on Monday

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Romania | 8 Nov 2026

Unit 1 of the Cernavodă nuclear power plant, reconnected to the national power system on Friday, was running at 50% of capacity on Saturday, Prime Minister Luca Niculescu said at the plant. The decision on restarting Unit 2, which depends on the Danube's flow, is expected on Monday, and the government is making the Bala 2 project a priority.

Market

Belgium among five EU states calling for the UK to be integrated into the European electricity market

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Belgium | 8 Nov 2026

Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have called, in a letter dated 7 November, for faster negotiations on British participation in the European electricity market. The five states want the EU–UK summit in Brussels on 20 November to give the file political momentum.

Energy prices

EDF chief promises stable regulated electricity tariffs until the end of winter for more than 20 million customers

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | France | 8 Nov 2026

Electricity tariffs for households in France "are and will remain stable until 1 February at least", EDF chief executive Bernard Fontana said on Saturday on France Inter. He expects the government to maintain stability at the 1 February review as well, after the 2.5% increase in August.

Energy policy

Luxembourg: final energy consumption down 15% since 2021, but new measures await the energy and climate plan review

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Luxembourg | 8 Nov 2026

Answering a parliamentary question on the European Commission's call to cut gas and electricity demand, minister Lex Delles announces no new short-term measures. The only new track is pre-financing for heat pumps from early 2027; the rest depends on the review of the national energy and climate plan.

Nuclear

Czech energy and construction associations: local firms can take on work at the new Dukovany reactors

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Czechia | 8 Nov 2026

Svaz energetiky ČR and Svaz podnikatelů ve stavebnictví ČR warn that the collapse of KHNP's talks with Korean builders risks interrupting Czech firms' preparations for the new Dukovany reactors. The two associations are asking KHNP for a concrete plan and say Czech companies are ready to take on work packages.

Wind

Łeba operations and maintenance base for the 1.44 GW Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms is complete

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Poland | 8 Nov 2026

Equinor and Polenergia have completed the operations and maintenance base in the port of Łeba for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms, with a combined capacity of 1.44 GW. The building has received its occupancy permit and was handed over to Equinor, which will operate both farms for about 30 years.

Nuclear

EIB open to talks on financing the new 1,100 MW nuclear unit at Jaslovské Bohunice

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Slovakia | 8 Nov 2026

The European Investment Bank has agreed to non-binding consultations with Slovakia on possible financing for the new nuclear source at Jaslovské Bohunice and related infrastructure, the bank's vice-president Marek Mora told the TASR news agency. No decision has been taken.

Wind

Åland: only one in ten investors interviewed is highly likely to bid for the Sunnanvind offshore wind farm

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Finland | 8 Nov 2026

The market dialogue report on the Sunnanvind offshore wind project, released by the Åland government, shows that only one of ten actors interviewed is highly likely to submit a bid, and even that one with conditions. The main obstacle cited is the lack of price guarantees, public broadcaster Ålands Radio reports.

Companies

Faroe Islands: SEV cannot start its steam boiler for green surplus energy at Sund and is considering legal action

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Denmark | 8 Nov 2026

Electricity

Svalbard: overhaul of the Longyearbyen power plant until the end of November, with part of the facility running without flue gas cleaning

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Norway | 8 Nov 2026

Svalbard Energi is overhauling the main power plant in Longyearbyen from now until the end of November, and parts of the facility are running without cleaning in the meantime. The company warns that NOx concentrations at ground level may rise in light winds and advises people within about 200 metres of the plant to stay indoors as much as possible.

Day-ahead price today in Romania (€/MWh)

01:00	295.40
02:00	275.52
03:00	307.38
04:00	319.72
05:00	283.27
06:00	270.26
07:00	371.70
08:00	404.09
09:00	408.80
10:00	373.52
11:00	346.35
12:00	323.11
13:00	329.54
14:00	346.75
15:00	448.05
16:00	551.15
17:00	589.02
18:00	626.12
19:00	562.50
20:00	504.70
21:00	426.97
22:00	381.00
23:00	318.43
00:00	254.20