What goes on in Poland on the 7th of February.
Offshore installation port to be built in Gdańsk
In the summer of 2021, Gdynia was presented as the preferred location for an installation port for offshore wind farms in Poland. Now Gdańsk is returning to the game, among others due to the American-Chinese game in the port of Gdynia.
BiznesAlert.pl informed that the installation port in Poland would have to be ready in a year or two for the first wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea to be assembled there. The port of Gdynia, however, became the center of a game between the USA and China. If, according to media reports, Chinese capital appeared in an external port in this city, the Chinese would gain a view of NATO military installations through which US military equipment, which was recently delivered, was transported due to the growing threat of a new attack by Russia on Ukraine. It was for fear that the Chinese would see NATO secrets that Poland’s neighbor, Lithuania, did not admit capital from China to the shareholding structure of the port in Klaipeda.
This reason, in addition to the technical deficiencies explained by BiznesAlert.pl, could be one of the arguments for moving the installation port to Gdańsk. According to BiznesAlert.pl, government arrangements have already been made in this matter. The Gazeta Prawna daily informed that the president of PKN Orlen, Daniel Obajtek, agreed for the Gdańsk port to be used for the construction of offshore wind farms in his recent statements. This company is competing with Polska Grupa Energetyczna for new offshore concessions in the Baltic Sea, where the order of applications counts. These could be created partially in the new installation port, because the deadline for their implementation extends beyond 2025.
Moskwa: The Czech Republic will be accountable for spending money from Poland
„The Czechs must account for the spending of the amounts transferred by Poland in detail,” said Anna Moskwa, Minister of Climate and Environment on Friday. She added that the Czech Republic may allocate some of the PLN 45 million for investments on its side, provided that they are related to the subject of the intergovernmental agreement.
In an interview with TV Trwam, the minister indicated that the Czechs may spend part of the PLN 45 million transferred by Poland on their own side for investments, provided that they are related to the subject of the concluded intergovernmental agreement. „Everything that is the subject of the contract can be the subject of investment,” she said. She also noted that the Czech side must account for these amounts in detail, and “must provide us with information on what and at what pace these funds are spent”.