A wind drought and minimal daylight saw the percentage share of Britain’s electricity production from renewable sources plummet and the country’s power network fall back on fossil fuels to keep the lights on at the coldest time of year
“The acts of sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipelines have shown how vulnerable our energy infrastructure is,” states EU commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Ahead of Friday’s EU energy minister meeting in Prague, convened by Czech Industry Minister Jozef Síkela, chaos and uncertainty prevail, writes Czech commentator and economist Lenka Zlámalová
Czechs are paying massive energy bills even as the country remains one of the largest energy exporters in the world
The current cause of the energy crisis is a failure in energy policy due to the Green Deal, writes Czech columnist Petr Holub
“Without relief for the particularly affected sectors, these developments will massively endanger the location of local business and industry.” said the MD of the Association of Industrial Energy and Power Industries, Christian Seyfert
The “seemingly unstoppable rise” in the price of natural gas is also an issue
“Very expensive electricity for households will be a matter for many years in the Czech Republic,” says economist Lukáš Kovanda
Per one survey, only one in three respondents unplugs unused electrical equipment when leaving home for one or two days
The outage brought many areas of life in the Czech city to an abrupt halt
“We are issuing this warning in response to the need to install smart meters in electricity distribution systems,” states the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency
The European Commission, which usually acts as a defender of free competition unrestricted by state intervention, has suddenly started to allow state intervention in the electricity market
Almost three-quarters of respondents believe that electricity consumption will grow
Bohemia Energy has some 900,000 consumption points
