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It’s time for a second antitrust investigation against Russia’s Gazprom. Poland is opening another front in the battle against the dominance of this supplier and its Nord Stream 2 project. This is because the first investigation did not result in Russians changing their behavior, as they now use the gas price crisis to manipulate the […]

Russians are shamelessly blackmailing Europe with high gas prices in order to launch Nord Stream 2 as soon as possible. Members of the European Parliament are concerned the investment will be launched illegally. However, with the support of the European Commission, the opponents of this project still stand a chance at turning it into a […]

While Poland, Ukraine and other states in Central and Eastern Europe are warning that Russia is already using Nord Stream 2 as a weapon, the Kremlin is spinning a misleading vision of Gazprom and Rosneft competing to try to convince the West that the contentious pipeline can work in accordance with the requirements of the […]

„One gigawatt generated from offshore wind in the Baltic will cost PLN 10 billion. We believe that one, strong entity will be able to achieve economies of scale. At this point we only have one license, but we will apply for more,” said Daniel Obajtek, the CEO of PKN Orlen. „SMR is not a technology […]

„Although this US administration has consistently opposed this project, it was already known that it will be completed, whether we liked it or not. That is why we decided to reach an agreement with Germany and abstained from applying new sanctions, and in return the Germans assured us that they would mitigate the risks associated […]

The growing demand for gas will force Poles to reach for additional gas from Germany. While it will be difficult to single out the molecules from Nord Stream 2, no contract with a subsidiary of Gazprom should be signed – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief BiznesAlert.pl.

The completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, almost two years after the original deadline, does not conclude the dispute over the pipe. The US sanctions and the EU law make it impossible to quickly start gas transmission, despite the fait accompli policy pursued by Gazprom, which is contributing to the high gas prices […]

„If we do not have enough gigawatts to replace those produced from coal, we will not phase it out due to energy security concerns,” warns Piotr Naimski, the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Polish PGNiG and American ERU Management Services will together look for gas in Ukraine starting with a new gas well near Lviv in 2022. On the 30th of August, the companies signed a contract to this end. Jarosław Mudry, managing partner at ERU, talked to BiznesAlert.pl about the deal.

The situation around Nord Stream 2 is toxic. We are downward spiraling into a security dilemma – states Kirsten Westphal. – Gazprom is seemingly using geo-economic measures against Western Europe for the first time. Poland and Ukraine are used to such situations – states Maria Shagina. Both are authors of an analysis on Nord Stream […]