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Category: Energy
Moldova is undergoing, almost unnoticed by many, one of the fastest and most impressive economic transformations in its recent history. This is the renewable energy sector (RES), an area that was virtually non-existent for decades, but is now becoming a real pillar of national energy security.
The 400 kV Vulcanesti-Chisinau transmission line, named “Energy Independence Line”, has successfully passed the first tests and is almost ready for operation, Logos Press reports.
Moldova’s Energy Ministry is discussing a number of strategic energy projects with the United States, including the possibility of building small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), Logos Press reported.
From April 1, 2026, large non-household consumers will be able to purchase gas directly at negotiated prices or buy it through the BRM EST Moldova platform, Logos Press reported.
A subsidiary of the Romanian state-owned company Romgaz, the largest producer and operator of natural gas storage facilities in Romania, was granted a gas trader’s license in Moldova for a 10-year period on January 13, 2026, Logos Press reported.
The Energy Ministry claims that Moldova’s high heat bills are mostly due to the low energy efficiency of Soviet-era buildings, Logos Press reports.
Russian Federation has more than 1,300 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves, making it the country with the world’s largest national reserves, according to Logos Press.
Ukraine is taking an average of 40 million cubic meters of gas per day from its underground gas storage facilities (UGS), which is 18 million m3 less than the average daily withdrawal in the corresponding period over the past three years, Logos Press reported.
Frost and snowfalls sweeping the region have increased demand for natural gas, putting pressure on prices and trading volumes on the Romanian Commodity Exchange (BRM), which recorded record highs this winter on Sunday, Logos Press reported.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) could publish as early as next week the final draft of Energocom’s base costs, a document that is key in the process of setting regulated natural gas prices.
Prolonged severe frosts in Europe have revealed the vulnerability of the gas supply system of EU countries without Russian pipeline gas and long-term contracts, Logos Press reported, citing an article in the Austrian Exxpress.
Demand for oil in the world is growing, but its production is also increasing, due to which the surplus of supply of “black gold” in 2025 will remain for the next two years, according to Logos Press.
Energy Minister Dorin Jungietu is flying to the United States to finalize the details of the construction by American companies of a new transmission line between Straseni and Gutinas, announced by the previous government, Logos Press reported.
The cold weather and snowfalls in Europe are forcing traders to more actively extract gas from underground storage facilities – since the beginning of the heating season more than 30 billion cubic meters have already been pumped out of UGS, according to Logos Press.
On Friday, January 9, Romania imported 12.3 million cubic meters of gas and exported 7.6 million cubic meters (5.6 million to Moldova and 1.1 million cubic meters each to Ukraine and Hungary), Logos Press reported.
For the second day in a row, oil futures on global markets rose amid uncertainty over oil supplies from Venezuela and over developments in Iran, Logos Press reported.
Most of the gas passing through Romania no longer flows to Hungary but is diverted to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova,” Logos Press reported.
Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi said that Moldova has gained access to a competitive gas market and is not going to return “to the vulnerability it has faced over the past 30 years”, Logos Press reports.
At the beginning of January 2026, there are 10.7 billion m3 less gas reserves in European underground gas storage facilities than a year ago, Logos Press reported.
On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2025, the first offers for balancing electricity were submitted and the transactions were registered by the state enterprise Moldelectrica, Logos Press reported.
