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„Our region will become an arena for huge investments in the energy sector, over which companies from various parts of the world will compete. So it won’t be calm,” Mariusz Kawnik, Executive Director at Central European Energy Partners, says in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.

„Maybe the time for Polish nuclear power is long gone, before it even came. Unless we invest in state-of-the-art and safest small reactors of up to a few hundred MW,” the professor proposed. Jerzy Buzek, Poland’s former prime minister and current Member of the European Parliament sits for an interview with BiznesAlert.pl before the 32nd […]

Central Europe Energy Partners (CEEP) in co-operation with the European Commission (DG Energy) have already organised four editions of the Central European Day of Energy (CEDE) in Brussels. Every year the event takes place in Commission premises and is prepared in close cooperation with CEEP’s members and partners from the region. This year in light […]

Serhiy Makogon, Ukrainian gas transmission system operator OGTSU boss speaks on Nord Stream 2, future of gas supplies through Ukraine and possible perspectives for cooperation with Poland and Central and Eastern Europe in LNG, hydrogen and biomethane sectors. 

On the 14th of October this year, the European Commission adopted the EU methane strategy. The 21-page document provides a framework for an EU policy on decreasing the emissions of the second most important greenhouse gas in the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. Contrary to the fight against CO2 emissions, the EU may play a key […]

The events that have transpired in the last two months put the Nord Stream 2 issue back on the front pages. The threat of new U.S. sanctions successfully halted the completion of the final section of the gas pipeline, by forcing the main contractors to suspend construction. Many commentators hoped the planned sanctions would be […]

The exchange obligation, i.e. the requirement to sell energy on the exchange may be abolished at the beginning of next year. However, it turns out that the European Commission, which will assess the Polish plan to separate coal assets, may require the exchange obligation. Will Poland have to reinstate it in a year? – Bartłomiej […]

What goes on in Poland on the 21st of October.

A lot has been written about the recent deal signed by the government and coal unions („Agreement Between the Government and the Inter-Union Protest and Strike Committee of the Silesian-Dąbrowski Region”). However, there is no wide-ranging, in-depth discussion on the possible scenarios for the upcoming negotiations with Brussels, which will be difficult. The goal of […]

What goes on in Poland on the 12th of October.