On 24 April 2019, Polskie LNG, a member company of the GAZ-SYSTEM capital group, signed an agreement on for EU grant for the project of Expansion of the Functionality of President Lech Kaczynski’s LNG Terminal. The maximum amount of support from the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund under the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment is PLN 553 million (EUR 128 million).
Jakóbik: Trump did not listen to me, and maybe it is better
President Donald Trump did not listen to me and he is not going to lift the sanctions imposed against Iran, on the contrary he wants to tighten them. This is a bad news for potential customers who would like to buy Iranian oil in Poland. However, it can end up with oil prices decline – writes Wojciech Jakóbik editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.
Without innovations the energy sector of tomorrow will not be built (REPORT)
Without innovations, the energy sector of tomorrow will not be built. The digitalisation will help to manage electric grids better and reduce the risk of their faults, but also carries with it the challenges such as assuring appropriate protection against cyber threats – stressed the participants at the Brussels debate on the ”EU Power Sector on the Road to Innovation”. The event was organised by the Polish Electricity Association in collaboration with Microsoft.
Polish Briefing: Let’s combat the smog first and the greenhouse effect afterwards
What goes on in Poland on the 19th of April.
Buzek: A new fund will make a just energy transition possible (INTERVIEW)
How European funds are changing Silesia and other regions that are still dependent on coal? BiznesAlert.pl asked about it one of the creators of the program supporting the transformation of post-mining regions in the European Union, prof. Jerzy Buzek, Member of the European Parliament and chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
Polish Briefing: To combat smog we primarily need legal regulations
What goes on in Poland on the 17th of April.
NATO–Russia Relations: The Return of the Enemy
Even after a political rapprochement between Russia and NATO, Moscow saw the Alliance in terms of a hostile institution and expressed marginal interest in promoting greater cooperation within its structures. Endeavors to bring Russia and NATO closer, while deepening their mutual ties, were aimed at boosting the Kremlin’s influence on the Alliance’s activities – writes Director of Eurasia Program at Warsaw Institute.
Polish Briefing: The Clean Air Program should operate within the framework of local government
What goes on in Poland on the 16th of April.
Sobolewski: What’s next with the Polish project of a high-temperature reactor for the heat and hydrogen production?
The subject of the high temperature reactor project went to the Polish Parliament forum on the last day of January this year, thanks to the presentation that I had a honour to present at the meeting of the Parliamentary Mining and Energy Team, chaired by the Member of Parliament Mr. Ireneusz Zyska – writes Dr Józef Sobolewski, former director of nuclear energy at the Ministry of Energy.
The agreement on EU support for Baltic Pipe signed
Gaz-System signed the agreement on co-financing the Baltic Pipe construction works under the Connecting Europe Facility with the Innovation and Network Executive Agency of the EU. The ceremony of signing the agreement for the subsidy in the maximum amount of nearly EUR 215 million, took place in Brussels on 15 April 2019.