Energy.

Grupa Azoty Puławy has suspended the production of melamine due to high gas and CO2 emission allowances prices, but its non-EU competition doesn’t have to face such challenges.

The dispute between the USA and South Korea over nuclear technology is surmountable, and the biggest obstacles to the nuclear power plant project in Poland are within its own territory – writes Wojciech Jakóbik – editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The unregulated collaboration between nuclear and renewable energy sources may lead to them competing with each other detrimentally. Interest groups have started a new fight for Polish hearts, but a risk that the gas trap will return is lurking too – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Two officials have suggested there will be changes on the market after the Orlen, Lotos and PGNiG merger. They will affect the gas sector, but not necessarily the oil sector. Market deconcentration must take place in parallel with the strengthening of state control tools – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Manuela Schwesig’s visit to Kyiv sets an important precedent for Warsaw. If this female version of Schroeder were to visit Poland, she should seek derusification of the country’s energy sector, with the Schwedt refinery leading the way – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

„Dropping the nuclear investment in Pątnów goes against Poland’s interests. [ … ] Konin and entire eastern Wielkopolska will have to pay a salty price for the extreme indolence of the government, as the region is waiting for the inevitable collapse after the lignite deposits there are exhausted and the power plant that uses this […]

„The new requirements for the qualification of heat pumps for the Clean Air Program may negatively affect new, very large investments planned in Poland by the tycoons of the European heat pump market. Blocking European quality marks through an unfair campaign is problematic and can have serious consequences at the level of the European Commission, […]

The construction of Poland’s second NPP together with South Korea could be put on hold. This solution is a double-edged sword – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Włocławek is probably the second proposed location for Orlen Synthos Green Energy’s small reactors. Cooperation on this project has so far survived the political turmoil – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief a BiznesAlert.pl.

The U.S. embassy says U.S. companies can build one reactor a year in Pomerania. This means that the entire plant can be ready as planned in 2037, even with a delayed reactor in 2035.