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Poland should put pressure on countries that do not want to act, especially Germany. There will always be many formal or legal arguments to delay the seizure of Russian assets – says Paweł Kowal, PhD., Government Plenipotentiary for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, in conversation with BiznesAlert.pl.

A recent report claims that natural gas should be replaced with renewables and attacks the planned FSRU in the Gdańsk Bay, but Poland’s heating sector does need LNG. Nevertheless, the role of gas in the Polish economy should decline – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The energy crisis was caused by Gazprom slashing the supply of Russian gas. The Kremlin can now trigger an anti-crisis in order to break the West’s resolve in a period of uncertainty about the role of Ukraine – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

On February 19th tender participants are to present their offers for the design, construction and exploitation of Gdynia’s outer port, which is to become the foundation of the installation terminal for Poland’s offshore wind farms. Most of the companies interested have ties to China, which may raise concerns – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief at BiznesAlert.pl.

The liberalization of the law on onshore wind farms is to propose a compromise of a 500 meters distance between turbines and buildings, but it will not include noise standards.  It is to be presented in June, after the local elections.

„We will definitely be able to manage a third nuclear facility in the country, and Poland’s energy needs clearly show that another nuclear power plant will be needed,” says Adam Rajewski from Nucler PL in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

– If we look at farmer protests, we can see that support for AfD is partly irrational. For example, in their program they want to reduce any support for the farmers and in the meantime some protesters support AfD, which makes no sense – says Sarah Pagung from Koerber Stiftung for BiznesAlert.pl.

On February 7, the Commission on Energy, Climate and State Assets (ESK) held a meeting where MPs analyzed the remarks from the President of Energy Regulatory Office (URE) on the Polish power industry, changes in dynamic tariffs and available solutions for individual customers that own PV installations and heat pumps.

Last Wednesday the European Commission decided to open an infringement procedure against Poland for failing to completely transpose the EU Industrial Emissions Directive – Onet.pl has reported.

The recent Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid did not cause any significant damage. Kyiv’s power generation received support from the surpluses produced by Polish wind turbines the day before.