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Europe installed 2.6 GW of new offshore wind energy capacity in 2018, according to statistics released today by WindEurope. That’s an 18% increase in Europe’s offshore wind capacity.

– Countries like Poland need an energy diversity. If you depend on one country for your fuel supply, you’re at risk. So, for such a coal-dependent country like Poland, gas becomes an alternative transition fuel to getting renewables gradually including nuclear as base load – said Robert McKeel, Chief Marketing Officer at GE Power in […]

Polskie LNG has published a periodic indicative notice – an official market communication about the forthcoming contract award procedure and the selection of a contractor for the expansion of the LNG Terminal in Świnoujście planned in the near future. The procedure provides for the „design and build” formula, in which the contractor for the construction […]

Yesterday, the building of the European Parliament was the venue of the “COP24 – The Road to Katowice: Changing Together for a Just Energy Transition” conference organised by EurActiv and the PKEE. Should the European Union as a whole increase its climate ambitions? Will we be the global climate policy leader or will we turn […]

The federal government needs strength to change its course about Nord Stream 2. Now that the chancellor decided to give up her leadership in CDU, she should take this chance to sweep the obstacles from the way of German policy to make a European progress with new determination. Nord Stream 2 is a bad project […]

Romania should harness onshore wind to meet growing demand for electricity instead of investing in conventional power – this was the message WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson told the annual meeting of the Romanian Wind Energy Association in Bucharest today.

While the EU Council is proceeding the draft Regulation on the internal market for electricity Poland, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Greece and Ireland have presented their joint position on the principles of implementation and operation of the capacity mechanisms. They should guarantee of performance of the capacity contracts concluded before the date of entry […]

Gazprom’s presence in the mining sector and gas infrastructure in Europe is becoming more and more troublesome, including the contested Nord Stream 2. However, the Russians are counting on new transactions that will allow them to reach for new assets – says Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The third summit of the Three Seas Initiative will be held on the 17th and 18th of September 2018 in Bucharest. After meetings in Croatia, 2016, and Poland, 2017, leaders of 12 Central European states will gather on the shores of the Black Sea to further empower their cooperation.

We talked to Artur Runge-Metzger, head of climate strategy at the European Commission about Poland’s potential in production of batteries for electric vehicles.