Bartłomiej Sawicki

On Friday the government signed a deal with mining trade unions. The goal is to prepare ground for future talks on the details of shutting down Poland’s mining sector. The deal even includes the long-awaited deadline. However, meeting the demands may turn out very difficult. The European Commission decided that as of 2019 it would […]

KGHM Polska Miedź may provide raw materials and buy ready PV panels. At the beginning of September the Ministry of Climate started to integrate the sector, but KGHM is missing from the letter signatories. The company could support the development of the domestic supply chain – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

Gazprom has recorded an almost 20-fold drop in net profits, while its revenue in the first quarter of 2020 slumped by 30 percent in comparison to the same period last year. Despite that, the company’s board has not lost its spirit and is expecting a frosty winter, which will disperse the „black swans” and make […]

PKN Orlen will build a new energy company with the LOTOS Group, provided certain conditions required by the European Commission are met. One of those is selling a portion of shares in the Gdańsk Refinery. Could Russians use this opportunity to enter the Polish oil market through the back door? On paper – yes, but […]

The idea for a financial model to develop Poland’s nuclear program is here. The Ministry of Climate opened public consultations on the draft regulation to amend the Polish Nuclear Power Program. It includes the long-awaited financial model – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.


Poland will receive about EUR 125 billion from the recovery fund and the EU’s new seven-year budget. The Just Transition Fund, which is the basic tool used for alleviating the social impact of the energy transition, will be worth EUR 10 billion. This is EUR 20 bn less than previously planned. The missing billions mean […]

The European Commission issued a positive conditional decision for PKN Orlen to merge with the LOTOS Group. After taking over Energa, a company in the power industry, LOTOS, a company in the oil, petrochemical and alternative fuels sector, PKN Orlen now wants to enter the gas sector by acquiring PGNiG. Its ultimate goal is to […]

The LOTOS capital group, which may soon become part of PKN Orlen has recently completed the feasability study for the construction of a small-scale LNG terminal in Gdańsk. The next step is making an investment decision. The goal of this project is to enable the usage of LNG in road and maritime transport. This decision […]

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, […]

At the end of May Denmark’s Energy Ministry announced it would build an artificial island around the isle of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. Offshore wind farms able to produce 10 GW will be built in the location as well. A cluster around the island connected to a power supply line and offshore wind farms […]