What goes on in Poland on the 13th of September.
Nord Stream 2 is blocking European Council’s works
A meeting of European Council’s working group concerning a mandate for the European Commission for negotiating legal status of a controversial project Nord Stream 2 was supposed to take place this week. It did not happen, because Council’s legal services had not prepared a statement.
Unit in Kozienice almost done. It already generates power (coverage)
The Enea Group and its Bogdanka Coal Mine released their financial results for the first quarter of 2017. According to the company the construction of the new 1075 MW unit no. 11 in Kozienice has been completed at about 99%. Enea’s Bogdanka mine located near Lublin presented data on coal production in Poland and its 1H 2017 results. The situation on the international market will facilitate a drop in coal prices.
Gazprom’s Web Will Ensnare Europe
In recent months, two alarming decisions have been made by the European Commission (EC). First, in October 2016, the European Commission accepted, at the request of a German regulator, a further exemption from allowing third-party access (TPA) to the OPAL gas pipeline connecting northern Germany and the Czech Republic. Next, in March 2017, the European Commission expressed a desire to end antitrust proceedings against Gazprom that had been ongoing for five years.
PKEE: Capacity Market or blackouts. 550g regulation means heavy costs to citizens
According to Compass Lexecon experts, the security of electricity supply in Poland in the long run can only be guaranteed by implementation of the capacity mechanism (CM). This solution would be the most efficient form of intervention and the most beneficial one for both electricity producers and for the end consumers.
Polish Briefing: Energy hybrid war on the Baltic Sea. Nord Balt is not working
What goes on in Poland on the 12th of September.
Polish Briefing: The Chinese bought Rosneft’s shares. Twentieth LNG delivery arrived in Świnoujście
What goes on in Poland on the 11th of September.
Energy policy: price of security and security of prices – Lessons from Central Europe
With Wojciech Jakóbik, Analyst and Editor-in-Chief, BiznesAlert.com Dr Chi-Kong Chyong, Research Associate and Director of Energy Policy Forum, University of Cambridge.
Woźniak: Diversification is lucrative. The gas we buy is cheaper than Russian
„Buying on the short-term market is more lucrative than the expensive Russian gas, which is why we are replacing it in our purchasing portfolio with cheaper spot offers,” Maciej Woźniak Vice-President of PGNiG for trade told BiznesAlert.pl.
Three Seas in Krynica. Time to translate words into action (coverage)
As every year the thematic track titled „Europe of the Carpathians” kicked off at the 27th Economic Forum in Krynica. It was opened by a panel on cooperation between the Three Seas Initiative countries.