What goes on in Poland on the 10th of June.
Can an ex-Gazprom employee threaten Lukashenko?
Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Syarhey Rumas’s government on June 3. Rumas’s position as Prime Minister was taken over by Roman Golovchenko. On 9 of August presidential elections will be held. Few observers believe that after this date a new person will sit in the presidential office, but the opposition candidates are growing stronger. Those include Viktar Babaryka, former head of Belgazprombank – writes Bartosz Tesławski, contributor at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: A coalition gathered by Poles demands more compensation for the tightened climate policy
What goes on in Poland on the 9th of June.
Paulus: Germany doesn’t need Datteln 4 as a base load for its energy system (INTERVIEW)
The proponents of Datteln 4 claim that this plant will be very modern and clean and emphasize that it will be delivering the necessary „base load”. But actually, to complement fluctuating renewables like solar and wind, we don’t need „base load” but rather highly flexible means of supply, such as turbines running on renewable gas, demand-side management and storage facilities – says Jutta Paulus, a German MEP (Greens/EFA) in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.
Nord Stream 2 is over. At least in theory (ANALYSIS)
The draft version of new US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 presented on the 4th of June includes a section which had not leaked to the press before. Blocking the gas pipeline’s certification increases the odds that it won’t be completed – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: The Poland-Ukraine-US agreement on LNG supplies is waiting for Naftogaz’s decision
What goes on in Poland on the 8th of June.
Polish Briefing: Gazprom questions the procedures but will not challenge the price formula changed in favor of PGNiG
What goes on in Poland on the 5th of June.
Gas in Europe’s last coal power plant
Enea and Energa completed their analyses on the Ostrołęka C project, which concluded that gas is the best fuel for the new unit. PKN Orlen, which joined the project as its third partner, wanted to replace coal with natural gas, which causes less emissions. This change begs further questions for the investors – writes Bartosz Sawicki, editor at BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Gazprom faces a penalty from UOKiK for ambiguities around Nord Stream 2
What goes on in Poland on the 4th of June.
The coronavirus may worsen energy poverty in Poland (INTERVIEW)
„Half of households in Poland that suffer from energy poverty experience financial poverty as well. If wages go down and unemployment goes up, it may turn out that the consequences of these detrimental economic changes will be especially severe for households that are already suffering from energy poverty,” says Jakub Sokołowski, economist at the Institute for Structural Research, in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.