The European Commission’s numerous anti-trust cases over the years have had a significant impact on the functioning of the market affected by the practices in question. In Gazprom’s case, the outcome may be different – there is a danger that it will result in no effect at all.
Polish Briefing: Government on oil and natural gas. Trump under fire
What goes in Poland on 7th of June.
Polish Briefing: 2018 budget. Against Nord Stream 2
What goes in Poland on 6th of June.
Will Poland Liberate East-Central Europe from Gazprom’s Dictates?
The victory of the conservatives of Jarosław Kaczyński’s party in 2015 in Poland signaled Warsaw’s retreat from the pro-Russian energy policy of 2007-2015, carried out by the liberals of Donald Tusk’s party – writes writes Janusz Kowalski in The Warsaw Institute Review.
Polish smog-fighting regulations to be ready before October
„Emissions requirements for new solid-fuel boilers, preferential loans for stove replacements, subsidized stove fuel for the poorest – these are some of the solutions that will be enforced before this year’s heating season”, announced the Vice-Minister of Development, Jadwiga Emilewicz.
Clean coal technologies: an opportunity to comply with the winter package
„Clean coal technologies and promotion of innovative solutions, whose goal is to reduce environmental pollution, are a key issue in the context of the EU winter package. I hope that the Institute will actively join the discussion on this topic,” said Vice-Minister of Energy, Grzegorz Tobiszowski during a seminar that took place at the Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal (IChPW) in Zabrze on 2 June.
The US will not stop renewable energy
The 2nd Round Table on Energy is taking place in Warsaw. The panel on Renewable Energy Sources was moderated by Patrycjusz Wyżka from the TVN24 news channel. The discussion was dominated by the future of the Paris Agreement after President Donald Trump’s decision, who wants to pull out from the package.
Open Season for Baltic Pipe will show if there is demand for Norway’s gas
On 6 June Gaz-System and Energinet.dk will start an open season procedure for the Baltic Pipeline. The gas pipeline is one of the elements of the Northern Gateway, which could connect Poland with Norway’s gas deposits, and thus offer Central and Eastern Europe a potentially economically attractive alternative to Russian gas.
Trump withdrew from the Paris agreement, now what?
„In accordance with his earlier statements, the American President pulled the USA out of the Paris climate agreement (COP21). The decision will have a number of long- and short- term repercussions for the global climate and energy policy,” writes Konrad Świrski, professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and CEO of Transition Technologies.
Polish Briefing: Poland elected to UN Security Council. Old EU’s privileges
What goes in Poland on 5th of June.