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The new BAT conclusions may increase energy bills. The representatives of the sector admit that the increase cannot be avoided. „We are on the commercial market and it is in our interest as producers to make sure the costs are as low as possible,” Jędrzej Maśnicki from the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) said in the […]

Technology developed by GE will help PGE GiEK’s combined heat and power generation plant in Bydgoszcz to meet EU’s most strict standards on air quality. „The new flue gas desulphurisation installation guarantees a stable reduction of SO2 emissions under 130 mg/m3 and of dust under 10 mg/m3. Thus, it will guarantee that the plant meets […]

„If we add up all plans of energy companies for the coming years, we will come up with infinity. Or at least with amounts that will give us a headache,” writes Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska from the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily. 

Coal-fired power and heating plants have four years to decrease emission of pollutants, said the European Commission in a press release. Brussels announced it would verify emissions permits for large combustion plants.

„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 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

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 […]

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 emerging governance system of the Energy Union brings some positive processes as streamlining the reporting obligations, but can provoke new ones creating unnecessary obligations for the member states. Stakeholders from Central Europe point out in the released position paper the most striking inconsistencies of the proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of […]

Breugel think tank analyst Georg Zachmann states that Nord Stream 2 defence from Austria and Germany is “a surprise”. Austrian Chancellor and German minister for foreign affairs condemned U.S. Senate proposal of new sanctions against Russia, including the ones against controversial project Nord Stream 2.