What goes on in Poland on the 18th of June.
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.
Polish Briefing: Gazprom’s disputes with Poland and Belarus
What goes on in Poland on the 17th of June.
First LNG supply to PGNiG in Klaipėda
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.
Polish Briefing: „The nuclear can replace coal in energy production in Poland”
What goes on in Poland on the 16th of June.
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.
Polish Briefing: Poland has spent over PLN 5 billion on air quality
What goes on in Poland on the 15th of June.
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.
Polish Briefing: Talks about oil supplies via Poland to Belarus are at the finish
What goes on in Poland on the 12th of June.