Energy.

Research should be done by scientists, but when the Green party in Germany raises alarm over nuclear power in Poland something is up. What? For instance an election campaign in Germany. It should be expected that if the Greens enter the government they will help Poland torpedo Nord Stream 2, but they will also undermine […]

It’s all hands on deck at the state treasury to develop an offshore wind farm program. Poland wants to unlock its own potential to increase leverage during talks with foreign partners without whom it won’t be able to pursue its plans. Those negotiations will determine the shape of the country’s energy sector after the reform, […]

In early January a mysterious drop in frequency in the synchronised European high-voltage power grid occurred. The incident did not cause any breakdowns in connections in Europe, but there was a blackout in the Balkans. The source of the incident seems to have been in Romania, but that is yet to be confirmed. The event […]

How should the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) work? It was the subject of a webinar organized by ERCST which Wanda Buk, Vice President of the Management Board of PGE, took part in.

Poland has revealed a draft of its hydrogen strategy. It wants to utilize various technologies, even though Europe puts preference on green hydrogen, which is generated from renewable energy sources. In a move to maintain their access to the EU coffers, Poles have proposed a more neutral classification in comparison to the popular hydrogen rainbow […]

The shale revolution caused a breakthrough in oil trade across the globe, making the United States one of the world’s most important oil exporters. In Russia this term has a negative connotation, but even that sate will have to go through a transformation if it wants to be successful on the hydrocarbon extraction and trade […]

Stalin proposed to use energy resources in order to solve geopolitical problems, leveling the needs of the state, immediately after the end of World War II – writes Maksym Bielawski, Ph.D., leading expert of Razumkov Сenter.

2020 was marked by the coronavirus pandemic, which adversely impacted the entire economy, including the energy sector. Fortunately, the past year was not all bad and brought a few positive developments, such as PGNiG’s victory over Gazprom, or key acts for Poland’s renewable energy sector – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The Polish industry is mature and experienced in the nuclear field. More than 35 Polish companies have already been working on EPR projects. EDF would be able to bring the support of French export credit agency BPI France and of the public refinancing bank SFIL, thus allowing the coverage of potentially more than two-thirds of […]

On the 1st of January 2021 Portugal took over the EU presidency from Germany. The priorities of the Portugese presidency in the next six months will focus on the fight on poverty, exclusion, inequality, as well as the implementation of the EU climate policy whose goal is to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Hydrogen and […]