What goes on in Poland on the 11th of February.
Ørsted and PGE form 50-50 joint venture on Baltica 2 and 3
Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of two offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea with a total potential capacity of up to 2.5 GW.
A tax on energy strategy and a green Marshall Plan
All Poles will pay for the energy transition. One of the propositions on the table is a new tax. We will pay less if we use the subsidies for the transition to a green economy, but there is a catch – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Orlen excludes the possibility of returning to coal at the Ostrołęka C Power Plant
What goes on in Poland on the 10th of February.
The future of Donbas and Ukraine’s energy dilemmas
The status of the so-called people’s republics in Donbas, occupied by pro-Russian forces, is yet to be settled, even though it has been seven years since the war in eastern Ukraine broke out. The solution to this problem will determine the stability of the Ukrainian power system – writes Dariusz Materniak, contributor to BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Poland wants to have a cleaner air | China – Central and Eastern Europe summit with 5G in the background
What goes in Poland on 9th of February?
New year, same old Huawei. What new year’s resolutions will Poland make?
In 2020 Huawei was struggling with bad press and distress over its position on the market. One by one, countries from all over the world chose sides either as opponents or supporters of the Chinese company. The Chinese are kicking off the New Year with cooperation with Saudi Arabia on digitizing the oil and gas sector. The rest of the world is a little less enthusiastic about propositions from Asia. What course will Poland take? – asks Jędrzej Stachura, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: “Nuclear power is backup, not competition for RES”
What goes on in Poland on the 8th of February.
A deal on Nord Stream 2 and a warning from 1987
The new U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken wrote a book on the disputes between America and Europe caused by the Old Continent’s reliance on gas from Russia. The publication was released in 1987, but Blinken’s warning still holds, considering the alleged deal that may lead to lifting the sanctions against Nord Stream 2 – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Orlen mulls over green bonds and announces early fat Thursday
What goes on in Poland on the 5th of February.