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Trzaskowki: we should not rule out nuclear energy. I will propose a strategy until 2050 (INTERVIEW)

Rafał Trzaskowski is running in Poland’s upcoming presidential elections. He talked to BiznesAlert.pl about his vision for Poland’s energy policy, which could include nuclear energy. „We should not rule it out,” he said. He also announced he would publish a presidential plan for Poland’s Energy Policy until 2050.

First LNG supply to PGNiG in Klaipėda

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Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) has received the first supply of liquefied natural gas delivered by sea at the LNG reloading station located in the sea port of Klaipėda, Lithuania. Since the beginning of April, when PGNiG became the sole user of the station, as many as over 50 LNG road tankers carrying a total volume of almost 1000 tonnes of LNG have been dispatched from the station.

PKEE: electrification should be the main driver of energy transition

The Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) believes that electrification should be the main driver of energy transition, accelerating decarbonisation in other sectors of economy. According to “Decarbonisation Pathways”, a study by Eurelectric, in 2050 electricity will play a leading role in transport, as it will constitute up to 63% of the total final energy consumption in the transport sector, and up to 50% of industrial processes will be directly electrified. The competitiveness of electricity against other carbon-neutral fuels will be the crucial cause of this shift.

New regulations for the fuel market are challenging for smaller players, and time is running out

Ministry of Climate has drafted updates to the regulation on the detailed register of liquid fuels whose production, storage and trade require a license. The goal of the changes is to adapt the nomenclature to the regulation issued by the European Commission from October 2019. A number of smaller entities from this sector might face problems if they are not aware of the upcoming changes. Is it possible to avoid this? – asks Bartłomiej Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.

Tarka: future of distributed generation depends on the quality of regulations (INTERVIEW)

Poland’s Renewable Energy Act has not been fully updated to comply with the EU Directive on Renewable Energy, and especially to its second version from December 2018. The deadline for its implementation is June 2021. In theory we do have some time, but that’s just theory. The works on implementation should be ending and not starting – says Michał Tarka, a partner at SMM Legal in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.