Energy.

Poland has passed a law allowing the sinking of a ship, vessel or aircraft that threatens the Baltic Pipe and other critical infrastructure in the Baltic. If Russia attacks the energy sector of the West, it will respond with force – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The United Poland, a member of the governing coalition, has recently changed its name to Sovereign Poland and is now blocking the update to Poland’s Energy Strategy Until 2040 due to a dispute over the role of coal. Its leader Zbigniew Ziobro has challenged the social contract with the miners.

„We don’t have time to sleep. We must act, wisely and judiciously, to carry out the energy transition, because it will not be avoided. The methane regulation adopted by the EP contains provisions protecting the Polish mining industry and de facto gives us time to carry out the transformation,” emphasizes Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Member of the […]

The Harmony Link power connection between Poland and Lithuania is delayed. However, the Baltic states make hay while the sun shines. Estonia and Germany want to build a cable that will be charged with power generated by offshore wind farms in the Baltic. The project’s name is the Baltic WindConnector.

Although the Schwedt refinery has not yet been derusified, the German government is drawing up plans to produce hydrogen there. This may be the key to the success of Poland’s PKN Orlen, if it actually wants to take over the plant’s shares.

Grupa Azoty Polyolefins has secured the supply of key raw materials for Polimery Police. At the end of April, the chemical company signed an agreement to purchase propane from France’s Total Energies. The first delivery of 1,002 tons of propylene has already reached the plant.

The government adopted a bill to facilitate investments in agricultural biogas plants.

Germany is once again facing a decision on whether to derusify the eastern Schwedt refinery and whether to use Poland’s help or extend the board of trustees. PKN Orlen remains in the game.

Daniel Obajtek, the President of PKN Orlen, gave an interview to the Financial Times, in which he reveals preparations for the abandonment of Russian oil in the Czech Republic and criticizes the import of oil from Kazakhstan to Germany through Russian territory.

Poland and the US want to join forces in the military industry. A senior Pentagon official told the Polish Press Agency that an agreement on this issue would facilitate cooperation between the arms industries of the two states, including export to third countries. The first American HIMARS systems are supposed to defend the Suwałki Gap.