Wojciech Jakóbik

Americans and the French are preparing offers to build nuclear power plants in Poland. Lurking in the shadows are Koreans who have also declared they were ready to take part in the program. Their engagement suggests that the 2033 deadline for the first reactor is achievable. The race for the nuclear contract in Poland is […]

Poland could be leading Europe’s hydrogen economy thanks to producing green hydrogen, but only if the state, which is now working on the hydrogen strategy, introduces a swift and efficient policy. Otherwise we will repeat the mistakes made by our power industry, which took to long to decide whether to invest in innovations and is […]

Delays in LNG projects in the US may cause panic similar to the one we witnessed when the Baltic Pipe stumbled into problems in Denmark. Gas import to Poland from countries other than Russia is safe, but the history of diversification will not end with the expiration of the Yamal contract. Does this mean that […]

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has informed Energinet that The Baltic Pipe Project can resume construction works in specific parts of the 210-kilometer across Denmark. Energinet expects that the overall project will be delayed 3 months, but that it will be able to deliver a large part of the agreed upon capacity by October 2022 […]

The problems facing the Baltic Pipe project have led the public opinion to believe that Poland may reach a dead end, and be forced to sign a new Yamal contract with Gazprom. This will not happen thanks to decades of diversification. Plan A is being implemented and we have a plan B – Wojciech Jakóbik, […]

Solar panels are marketed as a clean energy source. However, more often than not they are manufactured with materials from China, which were collected by members of the persecuted Uyghur minority imprisoned in labor camps – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Russia wants to again use gas for political purposes and force Ukraine to make concessions in turn for maintaining gas transit across its territory, even if Nord Stream 2 is completed. The outline of the deal is now emerging before the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva. In this game Poland may become the guardian of the […]

If Poland fails to expand the potential of its renewable energy sources to ensure sufficient green hydrogen generation, or doesn’t find safe sources to import this fuel from, the planned hydrogen valley near Rzeszów may be one day running on hydrogen from Nord Stream 2 – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The Bełchatów Power Plant is slowly going back online after yet another malfunction. Large coal-fired power plants involve a big risk of power outages, which take a long time to fix. Smaller and quicker conventional power plants are of help as a stable reserve capacity, and so is energy import – Wojciech Jakóbik editor in […]

The governing coalition’s New Deal program emphasizes social policy funded from the EU’s Recovery Package. It fails to mention innovations in the energy sector, which may become the foundation of Poland’s economic development at a time of crisis – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.