During the EU Energy Council, Minister Henning-Kloska stressed the importance of infrastructure that delivers non-Russian fuels. The politician said that this could be a topic for coordinating actions aimed at protecting infrastructure at the EU level.
The Chinese have a discount and a view of NATO war harbor in Gdynia
According to O2.pl the Chinese operator of the terminal at the Port of Gdynia pays „grossly low” fees for perpetual usufruct, and in return gets an insight into the neighboring NATO port.
Kędzierski: Poles could gain access to the Schwedt Refinery, but Germans are reluctant to provoke tensions with Russia (INTERVIEW)
It seems that from the point of view of the Schwedt refinery itself, a business such as Orlen would be a good partner – it is a large, serious, stable company embedded in the industry. In Germany, however, the Chancellor’s office and partly the Ministry of Finance are hesitant. There are voices, for example, advocating against escalating the situation with the Russians – says Michał Kędzierski from the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.
Horbaczewska: Negotiations with Korea on nuclear power like the quiet
„Despite the apparent silence, intensive negotiations, analyses and agreements are being conducted between Poland’s PGE PAK EJ and Korea’s KHNP. Certainly it makes sense to think this investment through, because it can bring many benefits to both sides,” writes Bożena Horbaczewska, PhD., from Korea, adjunct at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and head of Postgraduate Studies on Nuclear Energy.
By 2050 half of Poland’s power may come from green sources
„50 percent from RES by 2050 is doable,” said Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Miłosz Motyka.
EU’s PHOENIX to bankroll Poland’s green energy
Poland will receive EUR 8.5 billion under the European Climate and Environment Infrastructure Fund. Around 590 million will go to the RES sector.
Climate Ministry waiting for a municipality that will host nuclear waste storage site
The Ministry of Climate and Environment is waiting for municipalities that are interested in the construction of a radioactive waste landfill. The plant is to be part of the accompanying infrastructure for the first nuclear power plant in Poland. Applications can be submitted until June 30, 2024.
An atomic split between Warsaw and Katowice
The Ministry of Industry will manage not only mining in Upper Silesia, but also energy resources and nuclear policy – said Minister Marzena Czarnecka during the opening of the Ministry in Katowice. Meanwhile, Polish Nuclear Power Plants (PEJ) and Poland’s first nuclear project in Pomerania are still managed by the plenipotentiary who works in Warsaw.
Schmitt: It is worth to investigate the Russian trail of sabotage on Nord Stream 1 and 2
– Whatever the outcome of this investigation and saga, however, is the clear conclusion that especially with regard to the continuing tense security environment across the Baltic Sea region given Russia’s continued bellicose rhetoric, well-worn grey-zone and hybrid warfare tactics against the West, as well as the Kremlin’s ongoing illegal invasion of Ukraine, that there must be more pan-Baltic coordination among all Baltic littoral states to increase offshore security associated with the protection of critical infrastructure – says dr Benjamin L. Schmitt, senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, in the comment for BiznesAlert.pl.
Burny: Poland and France can put nuclear power at the center of energy transition
There is a heated debate in the EU on the role of nuclear power in the energy transition in the coming years. The European Commission is demanding a smaller share of nuclear power, but a coalition of pro-nuclear states, including Poland and France, may undermine this plan – writes Maciej Burny from Enerxperience in BiznesAlert.pl.