Energy.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the buffer zone on the border with Belarus would be restored. At the same time, he pledged greater support, including equipment and legal means for the soldiers and officers serving there.

The European Commission has provided Poland with comments on the National Energy and Climate Plan (KPEiK). Poles must choose between a conservative and an ambitious energy transition scenario, bearing in mind the systemic constraints leading to the reduction of RES.

Polska Grupa Energetyczna is still waiting for the separation of coal assets as part of the reform announced by the government and is considering creating a reserve for freezing energy prices in the second half of the year.

The International Court of Arbitration has ordered Gazprom to stop avoiding legal arbitration for cutting off gas supplies to Europeans during the energy crisis. The company is in a dispute over this with Poles as well as others and has already tried to cheat.

The Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastrcuture Maciej Bando revealed at the Committee on Energy in the Sejm that the European Commission’s approval of the model for financing the atom in Pomerania will come at the turn of the year. Next we’ll sign a construction contract with the Americans.

Poland, France and Germany have decided to add the creation of a green Weimar Triangle to their list of priorities.

Orlen’s new management remains interested in the Schwedt refinery, but the ball is in Germany’s court.

„There are ongoing discussions on regulations including the revision of the capacity market in Poland and the strategy for German power plants. We need solutions that complement the rapid development of RES with certain available capacities that provide energy regardless of the weather,” says Maciej Jakubik from the Energy Forum in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Poland will change its laws to better protect the energy sector from acts of pre-war sabotage. The people will have to bear with the inconveniences. However, they will be smaller than the consequences of a successful attack – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Discussions on Polish-German cooperation in energy transformation are starting once again, with a loophole allowing Russia to earn a billion  euros from the sale of fossil fuels to the EU, and with trolls  combating climate policy.