Bartłomiej Sawicki

In early January a mysterious drop in frequency in the synchronised European high-voltage power grid occurred. The incident did not cause any breakdowns in connections in Europe, but there was a blackout in the Balkans. The source of the incident seems to have been in Romania, but that is yet to be confirmed. The event […]

Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia demonstrated how to bypass the EU law to build gas pipelines, which de facto strengthen Russia’s monopolistic grip on Southeastern Europe. The European leg of the Turkish Stream was called the Balkan Stream to mask the endeavor’s true origins. This is the second incarnation of the South Stream gas pipeline, which […]

On the 1st of January 2021 Portugal took over the EU presidency from Germany. The priorities of the Portugese presidency in the next six months will focus on the fight on poverty, exclusion, inequality, as well as the implementation of the EU climate policy whose goal is to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Hydrogen and […]

Despite the promises made by the Minister of State Assets last year, there won’t be a widespread compensation scheme for the growing energy prices. The Ministry of Climate and Environment, which is the new host of the bill, withdrew it from the register of legislative work. Instead it proposed amendments to the Energy Law. The […]

PKN Orlen is a fuel company that produces and sells oil products in Central and Eastern Europe. Within a decade it wants to transform into a multi-utility powerhouse that profits from generation and sale of power from renewables, and from processing oil for the chemical industry – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

After an almost 2-month long wait, the Council of Ministers did not adopt the Promotion of the Electricity Generation in the Offshore Wind Farms Act (the Draft Act), yet again. At the beginning of December the Draft Act will be submitted to the lower chamber of the Parliament (the Sejm). BiznesAlert.pl asked lawyers what they […]

The opposition to the Baltic Pipe, a gas pipeline that will transmit Norwegian gas via Denmark to Poland, has taken various forms, but its scale has been too small to impact the project’s progression. Legislation initiated by the investment’s opponents, who claimed it should be stopped for social and environmental reasons, could have been a […]

On the 19 of October 2020 the board of Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) adopted the company’s strategy until 2030 with prospects until 2050. It was approved by the PGE Supervisory Board. The total planned investments between 2021 and 2030 will reach PLN 75 bn, out of which 50 percent is to be spent on renewable […]

The exchange obligation, i.e. the requirement to sell energy on the exchange may be abolished at the beginning of next year. However, it turns out that the European Commission, which will assess the Polish plan to separate coal assets, may require the exchange obligation. Will Poland have to reinstate it in a year? – Bartłomiej […]

The European Green Deal will focus on limiting transport emissions to a greater degree than before. The European Commission is considering adding this sector to the CO2 emissions trading system – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.