What goes on in Poland on the 29th of August.
Polish Briefing: Biggest July budget surplus in the last 28 years. Billions for mining
What goes on in Poland on the 28th of August.
PISM: Gas Security in the Pipeline – Expectations and Realities
The cooperation between Norway and Poland in the energy sector has recently taken very tangible shape. In 2016, Poland decided to launch the Northern Gate project—a set of gas interconnections aiming to link the Polish gas market with gas deposits on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. With that decision, Poland wants to diversify away from Russia to mitigate energy security and political risks connected with the high level of dependence on one supplier. But in terms of Polish-Norwegian cooperation, the question of security of gas supply that Poland wants to address is accompanied by the question of the security of gas demand, a key concern for gas producers such as Norway. Hence, cooperation in the gas sector examined from those two perspectives may actually bring benefits for both countries and promises of win-win cooperation – writes Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Fyk, Jakub M. Godzimirski, analysts from the Polish Institute for Foreign Affairs (PISM).
Polish Briefing: Grupa Azoty will build a new research center in Tarnów
What goes on in Poland on the 24th of August.
Stępiński: China is looking for a nuclear gateway to Europe. Too early to say
A discussion on Poland’s first nuclear power plant has yet again broken out in the Polish media. The Gazeta Prawna daily claimed that China was the main candidate for our technological partner. However, it is too early to say – writes Piotr Stępiński, editor at BiznesAlert.pl
Polish Briefing: New project on free coal for miners. Employers say „no” to an increase of the minimum wage
What goes on in Poland on the 23rd of August.
CEEP: Brussels and Nord Stream 2. Intergovernmental agreement – the way out of a deadlock?
While analysing the relation between Nord Stream 2 (NS2) and European policy making, the reference point should be the statement of the German Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, who, during a bilateral meeting with President Vladimir Putin in October 2015, declared, regarding NS2, that Germany will “ensure that all this remains under the competence of the German authorities” and that “external meddling will be limited”[1]. Such opening of the investment process, unambiguously demonstrates that from the very beginning, this project has not been “purely commercial”, as Gazprom and its European affiliates (Engie, OMV, Shell, Uniper, Wintershall) claim. On the contrary, since its inception, it has been treated as a political priority in bilateral relations between Germany and Russia and enjoyed high-level political support which was recently re-confirmed back in June by the statements of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany and Chancellor of Austria, following the US Senate vote on tightening US sanctions against Russia which will hit NS2 project. These recent developments, highlight the need for more clarity about the position of the European Institutions towards NS2 and instruments they possess to adjust it to both the EU legal framework and the objectives of the Energy Union – write Michał Długosz, Climate and Energy Policy Analyst in cooperation with Maciej Jakubik, Executive Director of CEEP.
Schnell: Winter package? BAT conclusions are a real revolution for Poland’s energy sector
In order to permanently limit pollutant emissions and transition to a low- and zero-emissions economy, the European Union compels to introduce significant changes in the energy mix already at the beginning of the next decade, i.e. since September 2021 to limit emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitric oxide, mercury and dust on the basis of the so-called 2020 BAT conclusions, writes Christian Schnell, PhD, legal counsel, Instytut Jagielloński’s expert.
Baca-Pogorzelska: carbon lies have no legs
Putting lipstick on the mining pig is now at full throttle and I guess nobody but me actually cares. I am only wondering what will happen when they run out of this fantastic lipstick, writes Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska from Gazeta Prawna daily (DGP).
PGNiG’s London dates. Poles hoping for a Copernican Revolution
In response to the news that Cheniere Energy was opening an office in Beijing there have been suggestions that the company will not make a similar move in Warsaw because Americans are less interested in the Polish LNG market. However, Polish-US talks on the subject are taking place in Warsaw and London – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief of BiznesAlert.pl.