Energy.

The Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from Austria, Germany, Poland and the 4M Market Coupling (4M MC) countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, announce the connection of 4M MC with the Multi Regional Coupling (MRC) foreseen in Q3 2020. The DE-AT-PL-4M MC Project, also referred to as […]

–  We expect the act on offshore wind concern to include inter alia the selection of a support model for the first offshore wind projects in Poland. There are still some elements that require clarification. According to Ørsted, a comprehensive and broad industry act should be adopted by the government and parliament as soon as […]

The fourth capacity market auction was held on the 6th of December 2019. Although there were some long-awaited new projects, the Santa Claus gift (which the capacity market support could be) was offered primarily to the existing coal-fired units, which in most cases decided to modernize. They were allowed to participate in the auction for […]

On 10 December Equinor completed the acquisition of a 50 % interest in the offshore wind development project Bałtyk I in Poland from Polenergia. The company now has an interest in all three Bałtyk offshore wind development projects (MFW Bałtyk III, MFW Bałtyk II i MFW Bałtyk I.).

KHNP, a leader in the global nuclear industry, organized in Warsaw a conference on innovative APR reactors. Representatives of the business and energy sector took part in talks on the future of the nuclear power industry and focused on the APR1400 developed by KHNP, which is the first „non-US type” reactor certified by the US […]

“Financing the energy transition” was the topic of another debate organised in Brussels by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. The panel guests have agreed that one of the tools for supporting the decarbonisation, the Just Transition Fund (JTF), should be significantly boosted if it is not to remain just a buzzword. The example of transition in […]

The transition towards a carbon-neutral economy will transform the functioning of modern societies. In order for it to be achieved, considerable changes must be introduced to the fundamental elements of current socio-economic models: how energy is produced and consumed, how our industry produces goods and how transport networks operate. This transformation will have far-reaching effects […]

If it turns out that individual member countries will be able to calculate the costs of energy transformation, it will be a signal for the second round of discussions, not only with the participation of Poland but all member countries – says the government plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure Piotr Naimski in an interview with […]

-Poland and the Baltic states are surrounded by Russian pipelines. We may obtain Russian gas from all directions. When it comes to electricity, Baltic states, that are NATO and EU members, are still in the post-Soviet electricity system – said government plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure Piotr Naimski at a conference „NATO Eastern Flank Security” […]

The EU Commission’s big goals for offshore wind – between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 – are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and Governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning. That’s the conclusion of a new WindEurope report ‘Our energy, our future’ released today at Offshore 2019 in Copenhagen. […]