Energy.

The debate on phasing out coal is taking place behind closed doors in ministries, among a narrow group of people, often in secret. Even though local governments will be directly impacted by the transition neither they nor other social partners are permanent members of the negotiation team – Urszula Zielińska, MP from the Civic Coalition […]

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a new tax on carbon footprint. It is one of the mechanisms that the European Union wants to use to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Potentially the CBAM is also the proverbial „big stick” that can be used on companies that want to escape the EU to avoid […]

Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of two offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea with a total potential capacity of up to 2.5 GW.

All Poles will pay for the energy transition. One of the propositions on the table is a new tax. We will pay less if we use the subsidies for the transition to a green economy, but there is a catch – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The status of the so-called people’s republics in Donbas, occupied by pro-Russian forces, is yet to be settled, even though it has been seven years since the war in eastern Ukraine broke out. The solution to this problem will determine the stability of the Ukrainian power system – writes Dariusz Materniak, contributor to BiznesAlert.pl.

At last Poland has a new energy strategy, but it may lose its prime minister if the opponents of Mateusz Morawiecki decide to use the dispute over the energy sector to unseat him – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The French are not giving up on their fight for a nuclear contract in Poland. The foundation of Poland’s 2040 energy strategy may be developed with their participation, and considering the favorable trends in Europe, a decision on this may be made soon – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

On Tuesday, the government adopted a resolution on Poland’s energy policy until 2040, the Government Information Center reported. PEP is based on three main pillars – a just transition, building a zero-emission energy system and good air quality.

Adam Rajewski from the Warsaw University of Technology comments on the alarmist report drafted for Germany’s Green Party that warns against a nuclear disaster in a Polish NPP whose opening is planned for 2033. „Even the best prediction model yields wrong results if the entry data are wrong,” the scientists concludes.

In an interview with BiznesAlert.pl, professor Claudia Kemfert from Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung think tank talks about the challenges standing before Germany’s energy transition, a.k.a. Energiewende.