Wojciech Jakóbik

The coalition talks on forming a new government are interesting not because of the bargaining over who will get the ministry of energy, but because of the decision on who will get Orlen, which has become a powerhouse stronger than many ministries – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Poland may be forced to introduce a contract for difference as a financing mechanism for nuclear power plants, which it did not want to use. This could entail a nuclear fee on the energy bill once the first reactor goes into operation. Alternatively, Warsaw could try to tip the scales as part of the Weimar […]

The ports of Gdynia and Gdańsk are joining forces with the TSO Gaz-System to build an LNG storage and regasification unit aka an FSRU.

The new Bulgarian government drops two new nuclear reactors from France’s EDF, but sticks to Americans from Westinghouse. Poles are also talking to everyone at once, and parliamentary elections are about to take place.

Many companies are trying to break the Chinese monopoly on rare earth minerals. Poles are not staying behind thanks to the cooperation of KGHM and LW Bogdanka.

The CEO of Orlen has announced that his company will take over the Polish section of the Yamal gas pipeline.

It is necessary to monitor the critical infrastructure for fuel supply in the Baltic, because unknown perpetrators may return before the next heating season of the energy crisis – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Die Welt has established that Polish intelligence services allegedly provided Germany with data suggesting that the sabotage of the Nord Stream 2 was carried out under a false flag to throw suspicions at Ukraine. The Poles have learned that the people involved in sabotage had connections in Russia. A year ago, the Nord Stream 1 […]

The Ontario Province is sure the SMR technology that is to arrive to Poland thanks to Orlen Synthos Green Energy will be successful. „We are entering the next phase by investing in small nuclear reactors, especially in locations where there are already large nuclear plnts,” said Todd Smith, Ontario’s Minister of Energy, at a meeting […]

A Canadian supplier of nuclear fuel and components is ready to provide them to Poland if Warsaw decides to build GE Hitachi reactors. The Polish SMR project is in the making and Poland’s Orlen and Synthos are involved as well. Meanwhile, GE Hitachi, which provides the reactor technology, is focusing on a project in Canada […]