Coal.

The interference at the Rogowiec power substation led to the shutdown of 10 coal units. Questions about the responsibility for the breakdown and compensation for the incurred losses need to be answered. However, it seems that the answer on how to avoid such situations is more interesting that the search for a culprit – Bartłomiej […]

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 social agreement between the government and miners says that coal extraction at Polska Grupa Górnicza will take place until 2049. „The deposits of Polish coal that can be rationally extracted from the point of view of miners’ safety and costs will end a lot sooner!,” – Jerzy Buzek, former prime minister and current MEP, […]

„I am baffled by the fact that the social agreement is negotiated by one deputy minister and four trade union members. With all due respect for their knowledge and experience – considering the postulates and the terms included in the document, it is apparent that we are succumbing to an illusion. The result may be […]

Minister Soboń wants NABE to operate on a commercial basis. It’s hard to imagine that – Marcin Koczan, PhD., contributor to BiznesAlert.pl writes.

Polska Grupa Energetyczna announced it would not extract coal in Złoczew. Despite that, the license procedure is currently underway, and the General Directorate for Environmental Protection is to issue its decision on the 30th of April. Whereas according to the Polish Energy Policy until 2040, the would-be coal mine in Złoczew will be a protected […]

Medium-term forecast presented in the State of the EU ETS Report shows that carbon prices may exceed 100 euro per tonne by 2030. – That is going to be a killer for our enterprises – stated Wanda Buk from Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) which argues for safeguard measures against speculation.

– Last year we spent 1,8 bn euro on CO2 allowances. That translates directly into decreasing our investment capacities. We can not simply shutdown our conventional generation. Because We cannot commit to more wind investment. CO2 prices will not speed up our transformation, to the contrary, it might be slowed down by them – said […]

The debate on phasing out coal is taking place behind closed doors in ministries, among a narrow group of people, often in secret. Even though local governments will be directly impacted by the transition neither they nor other social partners are permanent members of the negotiation team – Urszula Zielińska, MP from the Civic Coalition […]

Australia is „deeply troubled” by the Chinese restrictions on coal imports. The tensions between the two countries are now impacting the fossil fuel – Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska, contributor to BiznesAlert.pl, writes.