Last week Vice-Minister of Energy Andrzej Piotrowski visited China where he signed a Polish-Chinese agreement on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. At the same time the media are reporting that the ministry is close to making the final decision on the schedule and financing of the nuclear program. Is there a connection between the two events? – writes Piotr Stępiński, editor at Biznesalert.pl
Steinhoff: Poland should invest in diversification of energy sources
„In the long term Poland should invest in significant diversification of energy sources,” Janusz Steinhoff, former Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, engineer and PhD comments for Biznesalert.pl.
Mielczarski: Poland should build new coal units asap
„The energy mix until 2030, which the government included in the announced assumptions for energy policy is quite rational. It is very good for our economy”, comments for biznesalert.pl professor Władysław Mielczarski from the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering at the Łódź University of Technology.
Polish Briefing: Capacity market delayed. Poland is not at risk of losing funds
What goes on in Poland on the 20th of July
Wójcik: changes in the green certificates system
„The goal of the amendment is to solve the issue of market oversupply of green certificates. The project proposes to withdraw the existing, fixed alternative fee which is 300.03 PLN per MWh,” writes Teresa Wójcik, editor at BiznesAlert.pl
Naimski: in 2022 we won’t need a contract with Gazprom
Piotr Naimski, the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure, was a guest in the „Kwadrans Polityczny” program on TVP1. „At the end of 2022 Poland will be able to import gas from completely different sources and via different routes than currently. Today we are almost entirely dependent on gas imports from Russia and Gazprom,” he explained.
Woźniak: US LNG agreement has to be beneficial for us
„We are very welcoming towards our American partners, whom we can seriously help by opening to them our gas market,” announced Piotr Woźniak, PGNiG’s CEO told the Polish Press Agency. He also added that such a contract had to be beneficial to PGNiG.
Buzek: the European Parliament may stop Nord Stream 2 (interview)
„The European Parliament is able to stop the construction of Nord Stream 2,” argues professor Jerzy Buzek, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), in an interview for Biznesalert.pl. In his opinion, it would be a lot more profitable for European companies to invest in the Ukrainian transmission network.
Polish Briefing: Increased fuel fee withdrawn. Poland may not receive EU money
What goes on in Poland on the 19th of July
Polish Briefing: New Polish-British tech cooperation project. Deposit for plastic bottles?
What goes on in Poland on 18th of July
New Polish-British tech cooperation project
The British royal couple Duke William and Duchess Kate visited the Heart business incubator at the Warsaw Spire high-rise in Poland’s capital, where they learned about the dynamically developing sector of technological companies and start-ups. During the meeting a new technological cooperation project between Warsaw and London was presented. Its goal is to support companies in using the British capital’s potential in the process of their international development.
In 2040 over 50% of cars to be EVs
In 2040, 54% of new cars will run on electricity predicts Bloomberg New Energy Finance in its latest report and points out that the current forecast is 19% higher than the one published last year. BNEF says that the total sale of cars will be at 120 million a year at that time – 50% more than it predicted last year.
According to BNEF, the increasing sales of EVs will be caused by a drop in their price. The cars will be getting cheaper because the battery price will plummet. As of 2010 until now the price of a lithium-ion battery per 1 kWh dropped by 73%, i.e. about USD 270. Analysts are expecting that by 2030 it will go down by another 70%, i.e. USD 73.
Polish nuclear energy almost here?
The Energy Ministry is getting ready to announce its decision on the schedule and financing of the construction of the first Polish nuclear power plant.
The upcoming decision will be made by the ministry. Once it’s made the government will discuss the directions of nuclear energy development in Poland. It is said that three units will be constructed. The project will be financed with domestic funds.
It is estimated that the power plants may cost PLN 6 billion per one unit. The domestic financing means that state-owned institutions will have to be engaged, i.e. PZU, the Polish Development Fund as well as PGE as the investor responsible for the project.
Deposits for plastic bottles?
The Ministry of the Environment is considering the introduction of deposits for beverage containers. This is yet another idea to limit the amount of trash.
The companies are saying that package waste is only 15% of the total amount of garbage. However, the supporters of this solution stress that beverage containers are easy to include in a deposit system because they are highly standardized.
According to experts the main burden of introducing the system would be placed on stores.