The key to wealth and prosperity is reliable and affordable energy. Which is why the ‘unreliables’, wind and solar threaten both wealth and prosperity (except, of course, those wallowing in the obscene and seemingly endless subsidies paid to the owners of windmills and solar panels) – writes Prof. Mirosław Lewiński.
Wasilewski: PERN has almost completed the development of Poland’s oil hub (INTERVIEW)
PERN is close to finishing the expansion of oil storage capacity in Gdańsk. „When it comes to the oil storage capacity, we have one more tank to build. It will hold 45 tcm. It should be ready in the summer of 2021. So, the oil hub in Pomerania will continue to develop despite the coronavirus pandemic,” Igor Wasilewski, CEO of PERN – the operator of oil pipelines in Poland, says in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.
New provisions from Nord Stream 2 extended sanctions project might save Germans. Construction too?
National Defence Authorisation Act for 2021 Fiscal Year was presented on U.S. Congress wepage after an intervention from House of Representatives. It includes possibility of vaiwer and exemptions from Nord Stream 2 extended sanctions included in this bill which may save German institutions. There is also a possibility that those vaiwers and exemptions might allow for Nord Stream 2 to be finished.
Polish Briefing: Energy transition in Turów? Yes, but not in one day | ZE PAK does not want new lignite production
What goes on in Poland on 3rd of December 2020?
Schmitt: Final USA sanctions will stop Nord Stream 2 (INTERVIEW)
– Moscow tries to project a false sense of Nord Stream 2 momentum ahead of what are likely the final sanctions actions that the US Congress will take that will de facto stop the project for many years if not for good – argues Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt, Harvard University, and Former U.S. State Department European Energy Security Advisor in an interview for BiznesAlert.com.
Poland’s oil giant goes green
PKN Orlen is a fuel company that produces and sells oil products in Central and Eastern Europe. Within a decade it wants to transform into a multi-utility powerhouse that profits from generation and sale of power from renewables, and from processing oil for the chemical industry – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Deal on coal sector reform to be proposed soon | Polish electricity sector asks for more inside EU ETS
What goes on in Poland on 2nd of December
The third wave of the coronavirus may be a prelude to a new crisis in oil prices (ANALYSIS)
The hope for coronavirus vaccines and encouraging economic data are driving up oil prices. What will happen if it turns out that the market is wrong, and the third wave of the virus will cause a new oil price crisis that will be impossible to overcome? – Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl, asks.
Polish Briefing: Oil giant’s green transition | Fight for more from ETS reform
What goes on in Poland on 1st of December.
Poland is turning its back on the Baltic
In recent years, Poland has opened to the Baltic Sea in unprecedented ways. However, no political force that was in power after 1989 has treated the Baltic as an area worth protecting, and the Polish Navy as a kind of armed forces worth investing in and modernizing. This is especially dangerous considering, for instance, what happened in Ukraine. It’s time to act – Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl, writes.