Energy.

Russia played on time before holding talks on compensating all losses incurred by crude recipients for contaminated oil flows injected into the Druzhba pipeline system. This reaction probably stems from a Russian internal clash between the country’s largest oil producer Rosneft and oil pipeline monopoly Transneft. The latter has recently made a unilateral decision to […]

The German Federal Network Agency, BNetzA, has launched an investigation into whether power price speculation destabilised the country’s power grid, newspaper Handelsblatt reports.

Poland must abandon coal because it is an increasing burden for the economy. Dr Janusz Steinhoff, former Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister in the government of Jerzy Buzek, emphasized in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl that it will not happen rapidly, and that the share of individual energy sources in the energy mix should be […]

Government Plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure Piotr Naimski took part in a conference „Raw materials security of Poland: oil and gas” under the patronage of BiznesAlert.pl. He admitted that cleaning the transmission system in Poland from polluted Russian oil makes it disrupts the diversification of oil supply via the oil terminal.

If data is the 21st-century oil, then artificial intelligence is the new electricity. This statement, which is repeated more and more often, shows us that the digital transformation of various sectors of the economy is becoming necessary, and, furthermore, how far-reaching the consequences of the technological revolution can be. This also includes the Polish energy […]

Poland’s power sector is witnessing a major shift. In line with the global and European trends, the last decade has seen a steady phase-out of conventional coal-based generation, replaced by new – mostly renewable – technologies. As a result, in 2018 Poland produced ~14% of electricity from renewables (according to Sandbag), which puts us in […]

Between 1997 and 2009, Spain adopted several regulations promoting investments in renewable energy sources. The new support system guaranteed investors a reasonable rate of return at even 15%. Marketing actions were also taken, culminating in information prospectuses under the slogan “The Sun Can Be All Yours”, aiming at attracting foreign investments to Spain – write […]

​PKN Orlen’s refinery in Płock is to receive further deliveries of Angolan crude oil at the beginning of August and September of this year. The Group considers Angola to be a promising source of imports, exploring possibilities to increase import volumes and to forge relationships with Angolan partners in other business areas. These were the […]

Politicians are increasingly calling for a departure from coal, by bidding who will bring it out of the energy sector faster. The discussion on this subject, however, ends with declarations and general plans that do not solve the problem. It is time for a serious debate and a coal round table – writes Piotr Stępiński, […]

The two largest political parties in Poland lost their consensus around a key energy project. Is it really too late for the nuclear? – wonders Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.