PKN Orlen and PGNiG, have discovered a new gas deposit in Wielkopolska. Results of a production test confirm a very good production rate of the well. Production potential of the deposit was estimated at 50 million m3 of natural gas per annum.
Kowal: Strengthen the European Commission (INTERVIEW)
An interview with Paweł Kowal, a former deputy minister of foreign affairs and a member of the European Parliament, currently an employee of the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences on the future policy of the European Union in the face of the crisis of integration and the dispute over Nord Stream 2.
Polish Briefing: The president flies for LNG to Antipodes
What goes on in Poland on the 14th of August.
Polish Briefing: The new Nord Stream 2 route is to bypass Denmark’s resistance
What goes on in Poland on the 13th of August.
One year after German „diesel summit,” air quality challenge remains
With a national “diesel summit” in early August 2017, the German government tried to curb the fallout of the country’s emissions fraud scandal and avoid being sued by the European Commission over excessive air pollution. One year on, the first diesel driving bans have been put on some city roads, and the Commission has filed its complaint with the European Court of Justice. But the government coalition still remains split over how to deal with manipulated cars due to fears of damaging the country’s most important industry and alienating diesel car owners.
PISM: The prospective role of the renewable energy industry in Polish exports
The value of Polish exports of devices for generating energy from renewable sources is similar to the value of exports of machinery in the coal energy sector. At the same time, global trends indicate a declining potential of trade in goods related to coal-fired energy. It is worth considering these trends when shaping Polish economic and energy policy to support this branch of the economy on more prospective global markets – writes Marek Wąsiński, analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM).
The Lotos-Rosneft contract will slow down, but will not stop diversification
Grupa Lotos and Rosneft Oil Company signed a contract for deliveries from 6,4 to 12,6 million tons of oil to Poland last week. The agreement is valid until the end of 2020. According to Paweł Poprawa, an energy market expert from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, this decision will not change the long-term course for diversification. According to Poprawa, the agreement with Rosneft may result from US sanctions imposed on Iran.
German finance minister shoots down environment ministry’s car emissions reduction plans
Germany’s finance minister and vice chancellor Olaf Scholz has shot down a plan by environment minister Svenja Schulze to introduce ambitious emissions reduction standards across the EU in order to meet the climate targets agreed on in the Paris Agreement, Gerald Traufetter and Simon Hage write in Der Spiegel.
Warsaw Institute: Georgia-NATO Relations After the Brussels Summit
The recent NATO summit in Brussels once again confirmed the validity of the declaration of Georgia’s imminent membership within the structures of the Alliance that had been submitted in Bucharest in 2008. Nonetheless, it has not been specified when such an event would possibly take place. The further cooperation shall be based on the previously developed integration mechanisms.
Nord Stream 2 supports the construction of Putintern
After the failure of Bulgaria, the Austrian presidency delays work on the law that could ensnare Nord Stream 2. This is a threat to the credibility of the European institutions which anti-European forces will benefit from, and thus also Russia. Will the disputed project support the construction of Putintern? – wonders Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.