natural gas.

What goes in Poland on 23rd of March.

We can become a leader in the region by developing good practices for identifying key services. All this will not be possible if there is no central entity coordinating the protection of critical infrastructure, with authority to supervise and sanction operators of such facilities – says Karolina Wojtasik, PhD, from the University of Silesia.

– Gazprom, claiming that gas for Moldova was „illegally taken” by Ukraine, cynically lies. Moldova is constantly accumulating gas stocks, learning from the mistakes of previous years, writes Maciej Woźniak, EU Senior Expert to Public Property Agency of the Government of the Republic of Moldova and to Moldovan state controlled energy company ENERGOCOM JSC, former Vice-President […]

What goes in Poland on 11th of August.

„I am concerned that some are pushing for speeding up the negotiations at the expense of worse contract terms for Polish companies. They are using fear,” says Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment in an interview for BiznesAlert.pl when commenting on those who are warning about natural gas and coal shortages in Poland.

Polish Minister of Climate and Environment has revealed PGNiG’s plan for contracting the Baltic Pipe. It should be adjusted for the Russian invasion of Ukraine – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

One of our proposals to Europe to increase the security of supply is to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 1. The gas should flow through Ukraine. It would increase Russian dependence on Ukraine. We can easily transit more with ample free capacities – states Ukrainian gas transmission system operator GTSOUA boss Serhiy Makogon to BiznesAlert.com.

The Russians may be cooking a new gas crisis for Europe in May, but it will probably be the last one in history, because the Old Continent is to become independent of Russia’s fossil fuels. It is only a matter of time and political will, as follows from the European Commission’s REPowerEU plan – writes […]

An onshore high-voltage, direct current electric power transmission cable (HVDC) is the most spectacular proposal included in the draft Grid Development Plan prepared by Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE, Polish grid operator). The document provides many analyses and a lot of key information about the future of the Polish power industry. It also heralds huge changes […]

Unsurprisingly the Russian invasion on Ukraine sparked a discussion about the need to revise the energy strategy, but it also caused another dispute in the ruling coalition on bringing back an energy ministry, writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.