Poland’s Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk announced a „quick audit” on whether locating the NPP in Pomerania is reasonable.
Tusk wants to audit the NPP location in Pomerania
Borczyk: Upper Silesia wants to foster social acceptance for nuclear power (INTERVIEW)
„We want to foster social acceptance for nuclear power,” says Henryk Borczyk, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Metropolis GZM in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.
Onshore industry comments on the new wind turbine act
The nascent wind farm industry in Poland is calling for the liberalisation of regulations that would decrease the distance from buildings to 500 meters.
Future of the plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure will be decided next week
The Prime Minister has announced that the decision on the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure would be made next week.
The onshore wind act to be amended. The new draft will be completed by the end of March
„The Climate Ministry plans to present a draft onshore wind farm bill by the end of the first quarter of this year,” Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina Hennig – Kloska told Radio ZET on Tuesday. The head of the ministry said that the project, which was presented at the end of last year, was „a mistake.”
Jakóbik: Gazprom’s very public suicide (ANALYSIS)
The energy crisis initiated before Russia invaded Ukraine may be the final one thanks to Gazprom’s impressive suicide in Europe. Russia may resort to hybrid war tools more frequently considering the growing number of incidents with „unknown perpetrators” – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.
Over a quoter of Poland’s energy mix was green in December
According to data published by Forum Energii, the share of renewables in energy generation broke records a few times in 2023. Combined with PV generation, biomass and hydropower (0.2 TWh each), renewables accounted for 25.3 percent of the generation mix in December. This is 9.4 percentage points more than in the same month of 2022.
Poland will import a seventh of its guaranteed capacity by 2028
Poland was able to reserve more than 7 GW of capacity obligations at the capacity market auction held on December 14, 2023. In exchange for support, the participants in the auction committed to providing such capacity, including 1 GW from abroad.
Moskwik: Green capacity in Poland is growing, but it needs more support
The structure of daily power generation in 2021-2023 has changed in favor of wind energy. Renewable energy sources in Poland will develop better if a number of conditions are met, Kamil Moskwik from the Jagiellonian Institute tells BiznesAlert.pl.
Europe to increase missile production for PATRIOTs, while Poland will take care of Ukraine
NATO said Wednesday that its procurement division will support a group of member states, including Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain, with a contract to purchase up to 1,000 PATRIOT anti-aircraft missiles. European production of anti-aircraft missiles is to be increased, Reuters reported.