The homeopathic gas supply organized by Poles and Ukrainians to Moldova, which is suffering from shortages, is only a band-aid solution. Putin used Gazprom as a weapon against that country. It’s time for Europe to respond – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Duda and Macron discuss energy issues in Paris | Russian provocation near an oil rig in the Baltic
What goes on in Poland on the 28th of October.
Taiwan is at the center of a war over chips between the US and China
Beijing wants to reduce its dependence on the West in yet another sector of the economy. This time the fight is about semiconductors, which are an essential part of everyday life. Recently the Chinese have taken steps to become the world leader in semiconductor production. However, Taiwan is also caught in the eye of the storm, as it doesn’t want to lose its position – writes Jędrzej Stachura, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Poland’s proposals on combating the energy crisis | Anna Moskwa is the new Minister of Climate and Environment
What goes on in Poland on the 27th of October.
Westinghouse: There is no real competition from small modular reactors
David Durham, President, Energy Systems at Westinghouse says that the final offer of his company’s participation in the Polish Nuclear Energy Program will be provided upon completion of the FEED study.
Offshore wind will replace fishing in Ustka and Łeba (ANALYSIS)
Service ports will be a key element of Polish offshore wind projects. In the coming decades they will be responsible for maintaining the wind farms, and will also generate local content, i.e. economic added value associated with this new sector of the Polish power industry – writes Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Hołownia calls for unity to pursue energy transition | New bill to help with rising gas costs for households
What goes on in Poland on the 26th of October.
PGNiG Group to supply gas to Moldova
PGNiG Supply & Trading in cooperation with the American-Ukrainian ERU Group won a tender for natural gas supplies to Republic of Moldova. This will be the first ever gas supply to that country from a non-Russian source.
OSW: Gazprom uses gas to hit Moldova’s pro-EU policy
– It is virtually certain that the current situation is largely due to deliberate action by Russia against the new authorities in Chisinau and their pro-EU policy, and that the inability to reserve capacity, which Gazprom uses to explain the drop in supplies to Moldova, is merely a pretext – write Kamil Całus and Agata Łoskot-Strachota, experts from the Centre for Eastern Studies.
Zaręba: Polish nuclear is waiting for the environmental decision (INTERVIEW)
BiznesAlert.pl sits down with Paweł Zaręba, the VP of the Polish Nuclear Power Plants to talk about the progress of the Polish Nuclear Power Programme. The next steps will largely depend on the procedure of obtaining an environmental decision – our interlocutor says.