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The latest amendment to the Act on renewable energy sources (RES act) may have long lasting consequences – writes professor Konrad Świrski, engineer from the Warsaw University of Technology and Transition Technologies company.

As part of the discussion on the Act on renewable energy sources (RES act), the Ministry of Economic Development (MR) offered its position on the proposed changes, which it believes may stop the development of the offshore wind energy sector. Additionally, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction (MIB)  thinks that the so-called 'proximity’ act, which […]

The new BAT conclusions may increase energy bills. The representatives of the sector admit that the increase cannot be avoided. „We are on the commercial market and it is in our interest as producers to make sure the costs are as low as possible,” Jędrzej Maśnicki from the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) said in the […]

Technology developed by GE will help PGE GiEK’s combined heat and power generation plant in Bydgoszcz to meet EU’s most strict standards on air quality. „The new flue gas desulphurisation installation guarantees a stable reduction of SO2 emissions under 130 mg/m3 and of dust under 10 mg/m3. Thus, it will guarantee that the plant meets […]

Coal-fired power and heating plants have four years to decrease emission of pollutants, said the European Commission in a press release. Brussels announced it would verify emissions permits for large combustion plants.

BiznesAlert.pl is talking to Jan Rączka, PhD, senior advisor at Regulatory Assistance Project, on the amendments to the Act on renewables. According to the expert, auctions, a tool at the disposal of the Polish government, offer the opportunity to develop wind energy. 

„Poland can reach a compromise on the so-called winter package and the regulations on the 550 kg/MWh emissions limit for power plants. To do that a clear decarbonization strategy is necessary. It is obvious that coal will not disappear from the Polish energy sector instantly. However, we do not have a clear, coherent vision of […]

„The goal of the amendment is to solve the issue of market oversupply of green certificates. The project proposes to withdraw the existing, fixed alternative fee which is 300.03 PLN per MWh,” writes Teresa Wójcik, editor at BiznesAlert.pl

„In reality the perspective of building offshore farms in Poland is quire remote. Even if the government includes them in the energy mix, electricity from the Baltic will be available no sooner than at the beginning of the next decade,” writes Teresa Wójcik, editor at BiznesAlert.pl

„The Government Legislation Centre has recently published the project of the act to amend, among others, the Act on renewable energy sources. The project is in line with the assumptions published on 8 June 2017 by the Parliamentary Team for Mining and Energy for the act that amends the renewables act and other acts,” writes […]