Energy.

Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. announces that due to poor quality of natural gas it is not able to off-take fuel to the domestic transmission system at the Interconnection Point (IP) on the Yamal pipeline.

Breugel think tank analyst Georg Zachmann states that Nord Stream 2 defence from Austria and Germany is “a surprise”. Austrian Chancellor and German minister for foreign affairs condemned U.S. Senate proposal of new sanctions against Russia, including the ones against controversial project Nord Stream 2.

„On June 8 2017, the first LNG delivery from the US company Cheniere Energy was received at the LNG terminal in Świnoujście, This was a hugely important event from the point of view of creating a diversified structure of gas supply in Poland. Its significance is even greater, as it is the first delivery of […]

„German and Austrian socialists condemned the US Senate bill, which called for introducing sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and companies engaged in its construction. By defending the project, which legitimizes Russia’s dominant position in the region, minister Gabriel and chancellor Kern challenged European solidarity, which they so eagerly invoke,” writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, […]

„The decreasing  time of capacity utilization of baseload plants and lack of economic incentives to build new generation capacities, show subsidies are a necessity if units ensuring energy security are to exist”, writes professor Władysław Mielczarski from the Łódź University of Technology.

„The economic and financial collapse of Poland’s biggest coal companies, Kompania Węglowa, Katowicki Holding Węglowy and Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa, was caused not only by the downturn on world markets, but also by lack of a fundamental reform,” writes Teresa Wójcik, editor of BiznesAlert.pl.

The ongoing debate on the European Commission negotiation mandate on Nord Stream 2 is no cause for optimism – writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Polish Member of the European Parliament.

„On 13 June 2017 at the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship Office in Szczecin an information meeting was held on the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The consortium responsible for the project had the opportunity to present the facts, while Polish citizens and other interested parties were able to ask questions,” writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief […]

Gazprom is pushing ahead with plans to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic sea, straight form Russia to Germany. Supporters claim that Ukraine cannot be relied on as a transit partner, and that Europe will need more gas in the future. Georg Zachmann is unconvinced, and argues that the project should wait – […]

In an interview for Polskie Radio 24, the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Piotr Naimski warned against cyber attacks on energy infrastructure. Polish companies are getting ready for such a possibility.