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Within days or hours we should hear news about a decision on chartering a FSRU that is to dock in the Gdańsk Bay.

A recent report claims that natural gas should be replaced with renewables and attacks the planned FSRU in the Gdańsk Bay, but Poland’s heating sector does need LNG. Nevertheless, the role of gas in the Polish economy should decline – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

– If we look at farmer protests, we can see that support for AfD is partly irrational. For example, in their program they want to reduce any support for the farmers and in the meantime some protesters support AfD, which makes no sense – says Sarah Pagung from Koerber Stiftung for BiznesAlert.pl.

„As of now there will be more dialogue, because we have a common goal. We are able to create a good program for the energy sector and the catalyst will be successful cooperation in the Climate Ministry, where all political parties are represented,” says Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Miłosz Motyka in an interview […]

Poles have until the end of January to choose the supplier of the floating gas port. Its fate is to be decided by Gaz-System, which is in a state of interregnum – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The energy crisis initiated before Russia invaded Ukraine may be the final one thanks to Gazprom’s impressive suicide in Europe. Russia may resort to hybrid war tools more frequently considering the growing number of incidents with „unknown perpetrators” – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

„The lessons from Nord Stream 1 and 2 reveal that the history of our energy relations is full of controversy and taboo topics. We need a formula for talking about difficult issues, because they will always come up, as in the case of nuclear power,” Agata Łoskot-Strachota from the Center for Eastern Studies and Bruegel […]

Maritime transport is the basis of trade, especially when it comes to large-sized goods. Shipping containers, fuel and armored vehicles must be moved around this way. Gdańsk is Poland’s maritime gateway as the majority of cargo goes through this port. The growing volume of coal and liquid fuels transhipped in Gdańsk reveals its importance for […]

2023 was marked by the continuation of changes following the termination of gas supplies from Russia to Poland. The Yamal gas pipeline’s eastern entry point will be closed, while the Baltic Pipe is upping supply from Norway – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

Poland has a huge potential to develop its LNG sector and with a favorable economic policy, it can grow into the largest gas importer in Central and Eastern Europe – writes Magdalena Kuffel, contributor to BiznesAlert.pl.