Renewables.

The EU Commission’s big goals for offshore wind – between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 – are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and Governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning. That’s the conclusion of a new WindEurope report ‘Our energy, our future’ released today at Offshore 2019 in Copenhagen. […]

Onshore wind is in big trouble in Germany. The development of new wind farms has almost ground to a halt. The main problem is permitting – it’s got much slower, more complex and there aren’t enough civil servants to process the applications. It seriously undermines Germany’s ability to meet its 2030 renewables target and contribute […]

The European Parliament has hosted the participants in the discussion on the financing of the energy transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Polish companies were critical of the decision by the European Investment Bank to discontinue the financing of gas projects.

PGE Baltica, a company owned by Polska Grupa Energetyczna, and Baltic Power, controlled by PKN Orlen, have signed a letter of intent on the collaboration on off-shore wind farm projects. The companies have finalised the agreement during this year’s Economic Congress in Krynica. The agreement concerns sharing of experience, knowledge and information between the companies […]

PGE Baltica, a company belonging to the Polska Grupa Energetyczna, and Baltic Power, controlled by PKN Orlen, have signed a letter of intent on the collaboration in off-shore wind farm projects. The agreement was concluded during this year’s Economic Congress in Krynica. It concerns sharing of experience, knowledge and information between the companies that will […]

The key barrier to opting for off-shore wind farms used to be the price. Now, off-shore is becoming cost-competitive so investment decisions may be taken but it needs legal certainty – said the CEO of PGE Baltica Monika Morawiecka during the panel on “Off-shore wind power in Poland and in the world” at the 2019 […]

Tauron has acquired five wind farms with 180 MW capacity for PLN 137 million. The company says it is just a beginning of its further RES investments. It allows Tauron to double its on-shore wind farm installed capacity.

– At the moment we are open to renewable and prosumer energy, because we have obtained energy security in the form of the capacity market. Thanks to this, we can afford the development of renewable energy sources – said Minister of Energy Krzysztof Tchórzewski at the XXIX Economic Forum in Krynica.

The Japanese investment fund SoftBank VisionFund, which in the past has already invested in start-ups such as Uber, Slack and WeWork, has recently invested USD 110 million in the Swiss Energy Vault start-up from the field of energy storage. The idea of the Swiss is based on the use of composite blocks and their potential […]

Poland must abandon coal because it is an increasing burden for the economy. Dr Janusz Steinhoff, former Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister in the government of Jerzy Buzek, emphasized in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl that it will not happen rapidly, and that the share of individual energy sources in the energy mix should be […]