Energy.

During a meeting with journalists and business representatives Ukraine’s Energy Minister assured that from the point of view of Warsaw and Kiev the investments in gas infrastructure that will connect both countries were a „real benefit” situation. However, reality is not as rosy – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, BiznesAlert.pl’s editor in chief.

The security of gas supply regulation is not without its faults, but it represents a major shift in thinking, writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, MEP, in an article for “The Parliament Magazine”.

Shell has been present in Poland for 25 years. In an interview for BiznesAlert.pl Piotr Dziwok, Shell Polska’s CEO assessed positively the so-called fuel package, which was introduced a year ago. However, he also criticized the Act on mandatory stocks. „This is a regulation that constitutes a serious threat to creating a gas hub in […]

– The Baltic Pipe Project and gas plays a significant role in Energinet’s new strategy. Danish studies have shown that gas is a key element in providing a cost effective path to a more sustainable energy system – said Jeppe Danø, market director at Energinet.dk to BiznesAlert.pl during the Nafta-Gaz-Chemia 2017 conference.

According to EURELECTRIC organization that gathers EU electric power companies, including Polish PGE, introducing 550 gram limit for capacity market support may have crucial, unintentional economic and systemic consequences. Polish Committee of Electric Power (PKEE) had earlier come to similar conclusions.

If Gazprom used European companies to steal PGNiG’s strategic clients perhaps they would receive a lower price, but Poland’s entire gas policy would be put at risk – Wojciech Jakóbik, BiznesAlert.pl’s editor in chief.

In Brussels Poles discussed the capacity market. The Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) argues that there was no point in mixing the tools of energy and climate policy while implementing the market. This is how the Association defends the coal sector from the constraints imposed on the capacity market due to climate policy. 

For the first time since 2010 Gazprom has returned as Croatia’s number one natural gas provider. The company used the free market to achieve this – writes Teresa Wójcik, editor at BiznesAlert.pl. The Agrokor scandal, about which BiznesAlert.pl was first to write in Poland, is casting a shadow on the situation.

The sixth edition of the CEEP Energy Summit gathered in Tallinn on the 19th and 20th of September, distinguished and knowledgeable group of decision-makers to discuss the major challenges and opportunities in the field of energy policy in EU-11 countries.

The upcoming heating season is bringing back the problem of supplying Ukrainian power and CHP stations with anthracite. Last February the government in Kiev declared a state of energy emergency because, among others, Donbas’s black gold deliveries were blocked. The necessity to secure stable and regular coal deliveries for the energy and steel sectors forced […]