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Buzek: Security of supply pertains to hydrogen as well (INTERVIEW)

„We didn’t tighten the security of natural gas supply to ignore this issue with regard to hydrogen,” professor Jerzy Buzek, former prime minister, former President of the European Parliament and current member of the ITRE Committee in the EP, says in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

Nord Stream 2 construction may start any time

It looks like Gazprom will be able to start work on Nord Stream 2 at any moment now. Contrary to the expectations of many opponents of this controversial project, it will go on despite cod’s spawning season – writes Mariusz Marszałkowski, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

Successfull decarbonization is impossible with just one technology

If we want to decarbonize the energy industry all we really need to do is pay for it. There is no way this can be avoided. Today we know that for many countries sticking to one kind of technology does not offer quicker outomes – writes Adam Rajewski from the Warsaw University of Technology.

Will Orlen enter the LNG market thanks to Lotos?

The LOTOS capital group, which may soon become part of PKN Orlen has recently completed the feasability study for the construction of a small-scale LNG terminal in Gdańsk. The next step is making an investment decision. The goal of this project is to enable the usage of LNG in road and maritime transport. This decision may be made by the company’s new owner – PKN Orlen. However, contrary to the LNG terminal in Świnoujście and the planned floating LNG unit in Gdańsk, whose goal is to ensure security of supply, LOTOS’s small-scale terminal is to increase competition on the LNG market in Poland and in the Baltic Sea – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

Conflict over wind turbines in Kashubia and the impact of the proximity act

Since the beginning of the year a conflict over an onshore wind farm in the village of Wyczechowo in the Kashubia region has been brewing. The so-called proximity act and challenges posed by the need to reconcile the interests of the local community, local government and the investor are a backdrop to this dispute. Patrycja Rapacka and Mariusz Marszałkowski, editors at BiznesAlert.pl, decided to take a closer look at this issue and ask about the future of the proximity act. Onshore wind energy is facing a number of challenges including the so-called 10H rule, as well as the conflicts around onshore wind farms – write Patrycja Rapacka and Mariusz Marszałkowski, editors of BiznesAlert.pl.