Polish Briefing: PGNiG and PST were granted participation in the Nord Stream 2 certification proceedings | Polish Prime Minister and the US secretary of energy discussed just energy transition
What goes on in Poland on the 23rd of September.
What goes on in Poland on the 23rd of September.
„Although this US administration has consistently opposed this project, it was already known that it will be completed, whether we liked it or not. That is why we decided to reach an agreement with Germany and abstained from applying new sanctions, and in return the Germans assured us that they would mitigate the risks associated […]
The growing demand for gas will force Poles to reach for additional gas from Germany. While it will be difficult to single out the molecules from Nord Stream 2, no contract with a subsidiary of Gazprom should be signed – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief BiznesAlert.pl.
„Nearly half of the EU depends to some extent on secure supplies to Ukraine – from Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, through Germany, Luxembourg and Austria to Croatia, Greece and Italy. There’s no way to downplay that!” says professor Jerzy Buzek, former Prime Minister and current member of the European Parliament.
„If we do not have enough gigawatts to replace those produced from coal, we will not phase it out due to energy security concerns,” warns Piotr Naimski, the Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure in an interview with BiznesAlert.pl.
What goes on in Poland on the 3rd of September.
Polish PGNiG and American ERU Management Services will together look for gas in Ukraine starting with a new gas well near Lviv in 2022. On the 30th of August, the companies signed a contract to this end. Jarosław Mudry, managing partner at ERU, talked to BiznesAlert.pl about the deal.
The merger of PKN Orlen with PGNiG is a challenge when it comes gas concessions. There are two options on the table – a general succession where all licenses will be transferred at once, or a laborious process of acquisition, which will take time, but doesn’t necessitate any changes to the law, and will cost […]
What goes on in Poland on the 31st of August.
The Crimea Platform was an occasion to talk unofficially about Nord Stream 2. Poland and Ukraine played a significant role in those conversations. Together both countries can create an alternative to the supply system controlled by Putin’s pipe. They should start with solidarity in case Russia disrupts the supply, especially that Moscow is already cutting […]