Environment.

We are talking to professor Jerzy Buzek on how to change the Polish energy sector in accordance with EU policy and the needs of the Polish economy. Professor Buzek is Poland’s former prime minister and president of the European Parliament, presently he is chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

„Contrary to the popular belief, Poland is not „running on coal”. One of the reasons for this is simple enough – the mining sector is small in comparison to the entire economy and for years it has been dragging it down,” says Maciej Bukowski, PhD and president of the WiseEuropa think tank. In an interview […]

„During a press conference on May 19, the Polish Minister of Energy, Krzysztof Tchórzewski, announced the purchase of EDF assets by PGE. The conditional contract is worth PLN 4.5 bn and should be finalized at the beginning of 2018,” writes Magdalena Kuffel, BiznesAlert.com’s author.

BiznesAlert.com is talking to the Azoty Group CEO, on the EC proposal to change the EU regulation on cadmium in fertilizers.

What goes in Poland on 18th of May?

We are talking to Aleksander Galos on how the EU’s winter package will impact the Polish energy sector and industry. Galos is a solicitor, partner at Kochański, Zięba and Partners Law Firm and head of the firm’s Energy, Natural Resources and Chemical Industry Practice.

The winter package, i.e. the EU energy market reform, has been submitted to Prime Minister Beata Szydło. Prior to that, it was discussed at a European Council meeting on 15 December 2016. The debate focused on the widely covered article 23, paragraph 4, included in the draft of the „Regulation (…) on the internal market […]

The winter package released at the end of November 2016, creates opportunities, as well as risks for Poland. It depends on us whether we will be able to use those opportunities while avoiding the risks – writes professor Władysław Mielczarski from the Łódź University of Technology. Integrated Plans The EU’s Climate Package requires the member […]