Gaz-System has verified the list of companies that may be interested in participating in the tender for the execution of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline. Through the Request for Information (RFI) procedure 37 companies were contacted. The prospective contractors of the main works have expressed their readiness to participate in the tender.
Alliance for capacity market: PKEE report calls for respect to European diversity
While the EU Council is proceeding the draft Regulation on the internal market for electricity Poland, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Greece and Ireland have presented their joint position on the principles of implementation and operation of the capacity mechanisms. They should guarantee of performance of the capacity contracts concluded before the date of entry into force of the Regulation for the entire period of time they were concluded for – informs Polish Electricity Association.
PERN: Extension of the Gdansk Oil Terminal launched
More than 2.5 million barrels (400 000 m³) of new crude oil storage capacity — this is the number by which the capacity of PERN Gdansk Oil Terminal will increase. The company plans to build 5 tanks which will allow it to service tankers entering the Naftoport even more efficiently. Currently, TNG Gdansk operates 6 storage depots with a total capacity of 2.36 million barrels (375 000 m2).
EU governments agree to cut car emissions
The environment ministers of the EU member states have agreed to seek more ambitious CO₂ car emission cuts by 2030 than both the European Commission and the German government had initially proposed.
Assets in Europe at the aim of Gazprom
Gazprom’s presence in the mining sector and gas infrastructure in Europe is becoming more and more troublesome, including the contested Nord Stream 2. However, the Russians are counting on new transactions that will allow them to reach for new assets – says Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.
Polish Briefing: Poland convinces to the US to sanctions against Nord Stream 2
What goes on in Poland on the 11th of October.
PGNiG: Breakthrough in gas exploration in Podkarpacie region
Within the next 5 years, natural gas extraction in Podkarpacie Region is set to rise by 28 per cent to 1.75 billion m3 a year, estimates Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG SA). The new deposits will boost Polish energy security and contribute to regional development.
In Brussels on electromobility. “Sometimes you need to force happiness”
The “Charge it: e-mobility now!” conference organised by Eurelectric and the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) took place at the Hotel de la Poste in the Molenbeek district of Brussels – a multicultural place managed so that it becomes a centre of business; it’s hard to think of a better place for talking about the new technologies.
EU will not aim to tighten emissions reduction target ahead of COP24
The European Commission has given up plans to tighten the European emissions reduction goal for 2030 ahead of the UN climate conference COP24 in Katowice as member states did not voice sufficient support for the ambitious target to reduce CO2 levels by 45 percent instead of just 40 percent compared to 1990 levels, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports.
A directive that can change Europe
The dispute over the revision of the gas directive shows how strong is Russia’s influence on European politics and how much it harms European integration, writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.