energy.

The current proposal for a Just Transition Fund fails to provide sufficient support to Member States faced with the biggest challenge in the transformation towards carbon neutrality. This is the main finding of Eurelectric latest paper on the topic.

After the coronavirus pandemic, it is almost certain that Europe will struggle with an economic recession. What role will the European Green Deal play in such conditions, and what will the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) play? We asked the German MEP Jutta Paulus from the Greens / EFA faction for a comment.

What goes on in Poland on the 26th of March.

Polskie LNG S.A., the owner and the operator of the President Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal has launched the 2020 Open Season Procedure for market participants to provide the opportunity to enter into binding contracts for the regasification services and additional services with the LNG Terminal in Świnoujście.

„Besides stabilizing Poland’s energy system, coal is also the foundation for developing renewable energy sources,” argues Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Member of the European Parliament and former deputy minister of energy in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

The German regulator Bundesnetzagentur decided that Poland’s PGNiG will be allowed to participate in the procedure where the controversial Nord Stream 2 project will apply for derogation from the EU Gas Directive. As long as the procedure is open, Russia will not be allowed to transmit gas via the pipeline – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief […]

The new coal-fired unit in the Turów power plant is almost finished. It should be ready to go in the third quarter of this year. However, the license to extract coal from a nearby coal mine will expire in a month. The Czechs are against prolonging it. Where will the coal come from if not […]

What goes on in Poland on the 23rd of March.

Deputy minister of State Assets Janusz Kowalski suggested on a social media platform that the European CO2 trading system should be reformed in order to help the economies impacted by the coronavirus. „Suspending the system or eliminating it altogether means the directive would have to be amended. Putting forward propositions that are doomed to fail, […]

Janusz Kowalski, Deputy Minister of State Assets, says Poland needs to be excluded from the EU Emissions Trading System.