On 17 May 2019, the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Szczecin issued a decision on environmental conditions for the developed by GAZ-SYSTEM project „Investment constituting the infrastructure necessary to service the international Baltic gas pipeline (Baltic Pipe) constituting a connection of transmission systems of the Republic of Poland and the Kingdom of Denmark – an onshore part”. It is one of the five component projects implemented under the Baltic Pipe in Poland.
A location decision for Goleniów-Lwówek gas pipeline has been issued
On 15 May 2019, the Governor of the Greater Poland Province issued a location decision for the project entitled “Construction of the Goleniów-Lwówek DN1000 Gas Pipeline”. This is the first location decision for a project under the Baltic Pipe programme.
ERO cancelled the application for a Gaz-System project
On 8 May 2019 by decision DRR.WRG.7128.9.2018.ŁWe the President of the Energy Regulatory Office (President of ERO) cancelled the administrative proceedings regarding the application for the approval of the incremental capacity project proposal for the market border of Poland (E-Gas Transmission System) and GASPOOL submitted by Gaz-System.
Polish Briefing: „The government plans on offshore wind farms are ambitious”
What goes on in Poland on the 17th of May.
Nord Stream 2 is delayed. It is confirmed by the documents
The start of Nord Stream 2 operation will be delayed at least to the second half of 2020. It is official, just take a look at the documents – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.
Zawartko: An integrated gas market requires an ambitious investment plan
“Building an integrated natural gas market in the Central and Eastern Europe region is one of the main objectives of the European energy policy and determines the development of gas transmission systems in the member states” said Artur Zawartko, Vice President of Gaz-System, during the “Polish Gas Hub” panel during the European Economic Congress in Katowice on 14 May 2019.
Kroplewski: Methane from coal deposits will strengthen energy security
– We invest in methane mining from the coal deposits, not because it is successful in China or Australia. This is an opportunity for PGNiG to gain up to 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas which will also strengthen the energy security of the country – said PGNiG Vice President Łukasz Kroplewski during the 11th European Economic Congress held in Katowice.
Polish Briefing: „The development of RES will be evolutionary”
What goes on in Poland on the 16th of January.
Naimski: Dependence on one supplier exposes us to manipulation
– The countries of Central Europe, including Poland, are the most exposed to the manipulations of the dominant supplier. Gas is as needed as oil or coal in the previous century, said the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, Piotr Naimski, at the 11th European Economic Congress in Katowice.
Polish Briefing: The US and the EU are ideal business partners when it comes to LNG
What goes on in Poland on the 15th of May.