Energy.

What happened in oil, gas and electricity sectors since the beginning of this month? Analysis by Madalina Vicari and Wojciech Jakóbik.

Offshore wind farms are still a distant perspective, even though the first location permits were issued in 2012. After many years, a draft act on the promotion of offshore wind electricity generation, which is expected to accelerate offshore development in Poland, has been finally prepared. The period of public consultations of the bill ended on […]

For many years numerous experts have been concerned about Belarus’s plans to build a nuclear power plant. Safety issues as well as the political impact of the investment on countries in the CEE region are at the top of the list. However, in retrospect it looks like this is yet another project that will not […]

The economic consequences of China’s growing isolation caused by the coronavirus are becoming more severe by the day. Russia will earn less from oil exports, Poland will buy it cheaper and LNG prices will drop. Nobody knows how long this will continue – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

​As previously announced, PKN ORLEN is expanding its production assets to enable more efficient use of feedstocks. To that end, a new visbreaking unit, of key importance to the Company’s refinery in Płock, will be built to increase the yield of light products: gasoline and diesel oil. The project worth approximately PLN 1bn is planned […]

Jacek Sasin Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets told the RMP FM radio station that state-owned companies will no longer import coal. This decision may make it harder to purchase cheap coal, which will in turn increase costs of energy production – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

Polish Oil and Gas Company and Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa have signed a contract for the pre-mining of methane from hard coal seams. The works will be carried out at the Budryk Coal Mine, which is owned by JSW.

There will be no problem with Baltic Pipe and Nord Stream 2 crossing. Gaz-System responsible for undersea part of Baltic Pipe pipeline signed agreement with their Russian counterpart – informs Gazeta Wyborcza.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna has entered into a credit agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for up to PLN 272.5m (approx. EUR 64m), with the purpose of financing the construction of new onshore wind farms on the Baltic coast in Poland. The three wind farms called Starza, Rybice and Karnice II (combined into the […]

BiznesAlert.com presents a summary of the most important events in energy sector in 2019. Such reports are to be published regularly on monthly basis.