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Information about the merger PKN Orlen and Grupa LOTOS electrified the observers and experts of the energy market. In the meantime, this is just the beginning of the road to creating a fuel giant. Is antitrust law going to prevent it? – writes Piotr Stępiński, editor of BiznesAlert.pl.

Piotr Stępiński, editor of BiznesAlert.pl comments the appeal of Nord Stream 2 financial partners to ensure that it is not subordinated to EU law.

‘It is crucial to deepen strategic transatlantic cooperation within the EU and NATO focused on cybersecurity as the current year is pivotal for shaping the European cybersecurity policy.’ This is the key takeaway point of CYBERSEC – Brussels’ Leaders Foresight, a strategic leaders’ debate held on 27 February by the CYBERSEC Forum, a ‘made in […]

Ukraine has started reforming its gas sector simultaneous with its struggle against Russian aggression and trying to prevent the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which would deprive the country of most of its current gas transit revenues. However, further reforms are hampered by the lack of political will among Ukrainian authorities. The […]

During the Euractiv workshop „Transitioning to renewables: What role for biomass?”, the representatives of the European Parliament and the Commission together with experts and stakeholders participated in a discussion co-organised by the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE). 

Revision of the Electricity Market Regulation should set out a clear level playing field to make the market competitive, consumer-oriented, flexible and technology-neutral. European electricity markets currently face structural challenges to security of supply due to the missing capacity and missing money problems, while new generating investments are insufficient to bridge the gap. The latest […]

What goes on in Poland on the 20th of February.

The company responsible for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline wants to start a controversial project in the summer. Meanwhile, even if the Russians manage to finish work on time, it is possible that they will not be able to use the new pipeline yet, and thus leave transit through Ukraine – […]

– Paradoxically, the PiS (Law and Justice) government, which announced in the election campaign that there would be no liquidation of mines, will spend the most money for this purpose. But I would caution those who are in favour of radical assessments, one way or the other – writes Karolina Baca-Pogorzelska from Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Notification of the capacity market in Poland by the European Commission was never to happen. For this reason, it must be regarded as a success. However, it was bought with concessions. One of them is the consent for auctions for cross-border power plants, which are worrying for a part of the industry – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, […]