Faster trains need more power. How to power HSR? (ANALYSIS)

Poland, in pursuit of western Europe, wants to build a high-speed rail network, but a much higher speed of trains involves the consumption of significantly more power. The 3 kV DC system used by the Polish railway network is incapable of providing it in such amounts. The issue of powering high-speed rail (HSR) with 25 […]

With Piotr Naimski gone, what kind of nuclear power will stay?

The Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski has been dismissed due to his opposition to the Orlen-Lotos merger. He was preparing a plan to accelerate the construction of nuclear plants in Poland with the help of a US-South Korea tandem, but if his critics win, large NPPs could be replaced with many smaller […]

Horbacz: So who is a coal speculator now? (INTERVIEW)

Should we expect a shortage of coal at private depots in Poland? „Definitely yes,” says Łukasz Horbacz, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Polish Coal Sellers, and encourages Poles to try to get coal from national producers and PGE Paliwa i Węglokoks, which will now have to take responsibility for the situation on the […]

Back to nuclear power or gas from Nord Stream 2 (ANALYSIS)

If the German government does not return to nuclear power, at some point it may return to the disputed Nord Stream 2 pipeline despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The first option would be a victory of reason, and the latter of the interests of companies associated with Russians – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

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