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„Not that long ago we wrote about coal surplus and worried about the growing coal heaps. Today the situation has completely reversed. We need to say it out loud – we are running out of coal,” writes Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska from Gazeta Prawna daily.

According to Reuters, in order to conduct renovations PGE will shut down one of its 858 MW units in Poland’s biggest hard coal-fired power plant in Bełchatów. Similar works are taking place in the Kozienice power plant managed by Enea, where one of the units is being renovated. PSE, the Polish grid operator, ensured that […]

„Poland took a constructive approach to the energy mix and decreasing coal participation in electricity production. It is certain that transforming the energy industry and gradually departing from coal may simply be beneficial for us,” argues professor Jerzy Buzek, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), in an interview for […]

„Poland can reach a compromise on the so-called winter package and the regulations on the 550 kg/MWh emissions limit for power plants. To do that a clear decarbonization strategy is necessary. It is obvious that coal will not disappear from the Polish energy sector instantly. However, we do not have a clear, coherent vision of […]

„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. 

The Polish government adopted programs for the brown and black coal industries. They will serve as a reference point for the planned Polish energy mix project.

On 11 May, the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament – the Sejm, adopted a resolution, which said the proposals made by the European Parliament and the Council on the internal energy market go against the subsidiarity principle. The ongoing discussion on the so-called winter package will have a decisive impact on the Polish economy.

„The economic and financial collapse of Poland’s biggest coal companies, Kompania Węglowa, Katowicki Holding Węglowy and Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa, was caused not only by the downturn on world markets, but also by lack of a fundamental reform,” writes Teresa Wójcik, editor of BiznesAlert.pl.

What goes in Poland on 16th of June.

„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 […]