Łódź is a candidate to host Specialised EXPO 2022. It proposes the flagship event “City Re: Invented,” a newly created city. The theme of change of a post-industrial centre refers to the successful transformation of Poland and other countries of Central Europe. The exhibition provides the host country an opportunity to present itself as an innovative state that uses new technologies to manage development. The final selection of the EXPO host city will be made in November. Łódź’s campaign and its international support efforts are entering the final, most intensive phase – writes Adriana Skorupska, analyst at the Polish Institute for Foreign Affairs (PISM)
„Nuclear hysteria in Poland.” Russian media escalate the dispute over the atom with Belarus.
Jurij Barańczyk editor at the propaganda portal Regnum critized the statement made by the Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on the contraversial nuclear power plant project in Ostrowiec in Belarus.
The army will help to deal with storm aftermath
On Tuesday Beata Szydło the Polish Prime Minister and Antoni Macierewicz the Minister of Defense visited the Pomerania voivodeship where emergency services are helping the victims of the latest storm
Amendment to Renewable energy act signed by the President
President Andrzej Duda signed the amendment to the Act on renewable energy sources. This has been confirmed on Monday on the President’s official website. The amendment’s basic assumption is to eliminate the fixed value of the so-called alternative fee and instead link it with market prices of certificates of energy origin issued for specified renewable energy sources.
Polish Briefing: What is the future of hard coal? Government’s new plans.
What goes on in Poland on the 16th of August.
Gaz-System is preparing a gas pipeline for the 3Cs initiative
An almost 1 km long gas pipeline will be installed under the San river using the technique of horizontal directional drilling (HDD). The upcoming drilling process is one of the biggest challenges for GAZ-SYSTEM in the construction of the Hermanowice-Strachocina gas pipeline.
Atom on time and on budget? It’s possible, even though anti-nuclear movements say otherwise
In this short recap of my journalist trip to Japan I would like to share my experience of a close encounter with the… anti-nuclear lobby, writes Wojciech Jakóbik editor in chief at BiznesAlert.pl.
PGE bets on lignite (coverage)
„We are happy we continue to increase power production,” Henryk Baranowski PGE’s CEO said during a press conference on the company’s 1H results. „We believe a 20% increase in energy production at the power plant in Bełchatów shows that the modernization investments were successful and it also draws attention to the role of lignite in the Polish energy system. This is still the best energy source,” the CEO argued.
Wasilewski: Poland buys increasingly more oil from other sources than Russia. Possible deliveries to Belarus (interview)
Expansion of the oil terminal, future of the Odessa-Brody-Gdańsk oil pipeline and a reverse flow on the oil pipeline between Poland and Belarus – these are some of the topics we discussed with PERN S.A. CEO Igor Wasilewski.
Waszczykowski’s statements manipulated in Russia. Dispute on US LNG price continues
The price will be the main determinant when purchasing LNG from the US, said Witold Waszczykowski Polish Foreign Minister in an interview for RIA Novosti. He also depreciated the significance of the spot delivery of US gas for PGNiG. However, in an authorized interview for Kommiersant he said something different. Are the minister’s words being manipulated? – asks Wojciech Jakóbik, editor in chief of BiznesAlert.pl