Hennig-Kloska: District heating needs a strategy update

The new Minister of Climate and Environment, Paulina Hennig-Kloska, has announced that strategic documents including Poland’s Energy Policy Until 2040, the National Plan for Energy and Climate as well as the Strategy for District Heating Until 2030 need to be updated. In her opinion, this will be a key element on the way to the […]

Gibała: Polaris, or Poland’s leap in the future with Norway

The carbon capture project, in which PGNiG Upstream Norway is involved in Norway, reveals the potential for energy cooperation between Poland and Norway, which can support Poland in the implementation of projects related to wind, solar and geothermal energy. Joint work on energy storage technology can contribute to the efficient use of renewable sources – […]

Polish Briefing: Coal companies to bankroll power bills freeze I Tauron’s latest report I More money for SMRs in Poland

Coal and coking coal to the rescue Bituminous and coking coal state-owned companies will contribute to the Price Difference Payment Fund to bankroll the upped energy price freeze. The Polish government has decided to increase the consumption limit for power that is covered by a price freeze. This solution had been first introduced during the […]

Polish Briefing: Less red tape for small wind turbines I Poles secure a longer transition period for heating in EU

Micro-wind installations for businesses. The government has adopted draft legislation to simplify business operations, facilitate succession and streamline administrative procedures, the Prime Minister’s office said on Monday. The new rules provide for exemption from permit for construction of small wind turbines up to 3 m high. As the Prime Minister’s office recalled, in recent years […]

Jeziorowska: It is not as easy as Brussels thinks to make the Polish heating industry green (INTERVIEW)

Among the EU institutions, there is often a mistaken belief that such large heating systems as the ones in Poland can be easily greened by eliminating the heating network and installing heat pumps powered by electricity from renewable energy sources in all buildings. This conviction couldn’t be further from the truth – says Dorota Jeziorowska, […]

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