Coal.

What goes in Poland on 23rd of March.

Actually, the moment when Germany formally abandons coal does not play a bigger role, because it is not the time that emits CO2, only the combustion of this fuel. Coal companies are therefore in a hurry to extract as much as possible – says Christopher Laumanns from the organization Alle Dörfer bleiben in an interview […]

It is extremely important that the transformation is based on recognizing people’s needs. In the studies we conducted, miners stressed that they lack knowledge and information about what is happening both at the level of the state, local governments, and individual workplaces. They have to be informed and participate in the transition for the plans […]

The market was not able to switch overnight on its own to coal imports from outside Russia. It was necessary to engage the visible hand of the state to distribute the coal across the country. We could not afford a delayed reaction from market right before the heating season – says Deputy Minister of State […]

Separating the coal assets is a multilateral project, and in the face of the current energy crisis, it becomes particularly strategic – says Paweł Majewski, president of Enea Group in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

This is how the belief that coal guarantees our security, sense of stability and certainty of tomorrow grew. Therefore, I think that what is happening with coal at the moment is causing a cognitive dissonance for most Poles. It means that one of our foundations has been torn down: coal has always been there and […]

Currently, the Middle Kingdom is facing the most intense and longest heat wave, which has been going on for nearly 70 days, making it the longest in more than six decades. In July alone, the heatwave caused economic losses estimated at CNY 2.73 billion (USD 400 million) and affected 5.5 million people from the Sichuan […]

The energy crisis is slowly heating up in Poland. For now, due to high temperatures and the summer holiday season not everyone feels it, but when the cold and shorter days arrive in the fall, the problem may become a burning one in many households due to access to coal, which is arriving at our […]

„I am concerned that some are pushing for speeding up the negotiations at the expense of worse contract terms for Polish companies. They are using fear,” says Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment in an interview for BiznesAlert.pl when commenting on those who are warning about natural gas and coal shortages in Poland.

Should we expect a shortage of coal at private depots in Poland? „Definitely yes,” says Łukasz Horbacz, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Polish Coal Sellers, and encourages Poles to try to get coal from national producers and PGE Paliwa i Węglokoks, which will now have to take responsibility for the situation on the […]