Polish Briefing: More decarbonization? More funds | How to make Nord Stream 2 less harmful
What goes in Poland on 21st of April?
What goes in Poland on 21st of April?
– Last year we spent 1,8 bn euro on CO2 allowances. That translates directly into decreasing our investment capacities. We can not simply shutdown our conventional generation. Because We cannot commit to more wind investment. CO2 prices will not speed up our transformation, to the contrary, it might be slowed down by them – said […]
Why is Estonia reaching for small modular reactors technology instead of big conventional one? – One of the reasons is “success” of Polish and Finnish nuclear programs. This success is very limited. Smaller reactors bring lower financial risks – says Kalev Kallemets, Fermi Energia CEO.
Interest in hydrogen technologies is definitely on the rise. Countries and companies are testing their options in order not to be left behind and to find their own niches in the emerging hydrogen economy. Poland, compared to the rest of CEE region, started with an impetus, but in order to become a leader, the country […]
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, once again referred to the words of the German president Frank Walter Steinmeier about the need to maintain contacts with Russia through the Nord Stream 2 project. – Bridges between Europe and Russia cannot be built over the heads of Central and Eastern Europe. Otherwise, it is more like mining […]
What goes in Poland on 2nd of February?
What goes in Poland on 19th of January.
There are more important issues which could impact German-Russian relations than Nord Stream 2. We have a big reality check in Germany right now because of what Russia is doing – said Sarah Pagung from DGAP.
– Moscow tries to project a false sense of Nord Stream 2 momentum ahead of what are likely the final sanctions actions that the US Congress will take that will de facto stop the project for many years if not for good – argues Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt, Harvard University, and Former U.S. State Department […]
According to the Bloomberg agency, the House of Representatives and Senate reached an agreement on expanding sanctions on the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The new restrictions may make it impossible to finish the pipe. According to an analyst from a German think tank, this development may give Germany an opportunity to withdraw from […]