coal.

What goes on in Poland on the 9th of July.

The Polish government has admitted that in the face of the EU climate policy, coal assets are becoming a burden for energy companies, whose main job is to provide electricity. It seems that the PGE Group and PKN Orlen convinced their owner to transfer those assets to an entirely new company – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, […]

What goes on in Poland on the 19th of June.

The proponents of Datteln 4 claim that this plant will be very modern and clean and emphasize that it will be delivering the necessary „base load”. But actually, to complement fluctuating renewables like solar and wind, we don’t need „base load” but rather highly flexible means of supply, such as turbines running on renewable gas, […]

Enea and Energa completed their analyses on the Ostrołęka C project, which concluded that gas is the best fuel for the new unit. PKN Orlen, which joined the project as its third partner, wanted to replace coal with natural gas, which causes less emissions. This change begs further questions for the investors – writes Bartosz […]

What goes on in Poland on the 4th of June.

What goes on in Poland on the 3rd of June.

What goes on in Poland on the 28th of May.

What goes on in Poland on the 20th of May.

By the end of June the Ministry of State Assets will present a plan for reforming Poland’s coal industry. However, Jacek Sasin, head of the ministry and deputy prime minister, said his goal was to keep the miners’ jobs and argued the coronavirus would not be a pretext to undertake long-term actions about mines. So […]