Climate Policy.

While anticipating EU proposals to reduce methane emissions, it is in the interest of the gas sector to take appropriate steps as soon as possible to improve the quality of emissions measurements and to prepare action plans to reduce methane emissions – writes Maria Olczak, Research Associate at Florence School of Regulation.

-Poland is one of the most proactive countries in the region in proposing projects, also in renewables. Even when we speak about transition to a low-carbon economy, climate and energy efficiency, we see that Poland is one of the most proactive from the region, among the countries in transition. We have an excellent cooperation with […]

The Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) agrees with the need for a transformation towards innovative and low-emission economy assuming that prior to establishing EU climate-neutrality binding target, a fair burden-sharing mechanism will be created taking into account compensations for the Member States with coal-dependent economies. Achieving the energy transition by becoming carbon-neutral before mid-century will be […]

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 – The final decision whether gas and nuclear energy will be regarded as transitional and enabling activities will be made in delegated acts which complement the regulation on the taxonomy – argues Polish Electricity Association (PKEE).

To achieve the very ambitious climate goals which are being discussed, the EU Member States require not only proper instruments but also significant funding. The European Commission estimates that reaching the EU climate and energy targets by 2030 will require annual investments of approximately EUR 180 billion throughout the Union. Therefore, we need to provide […]

Europe is fighting climate change. But is the Old Continent surely prepared for losing in this fight? – asks Dr Józef Sobolewski.

Just before the UN climate summit in New York, the CDU/CSU and SPD coalition announced new ideas on how to achieve Germany’s 2030 climate targets. For now, these are mainly national measures, but a similar discussion and perhaps similar solutions will emerge at European level. This will have a significant impact on the EU regulations […]

There is a draft policy from the Ministry, an idea what should be done, but the energy strategy and national energy and climate plan do not really match together. In the end, my impression is that the Polish utilities know pretty well what is going to happen – writes Filip Piasecki from Aurora Energy Research.

There is a big discussion in Germany right now: to what extent can we use existing infrastructure to transport and distribute hydrogen? Can Germany at least partially move its infrastructure from natural gas to hydrogen? Therefore, it will be interesting to see what the federal government writes in its announced national hydrogen strategy – says […]