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Westinghouse to build Ukrainian nuclear powers plant facilities in place of Russian Rosatom
Jo HarperAmerican-Japanese company Westinghouse will build fuel element producing facilities for Ukraine’s nuclear powers plants as the country lowers the services of Russian company Rosatom, Ukraine's Minister of Energy and Coal...
Czech solar power boom seen based on households
Jo HarperA solar power revival in the Czech Republic looks set to gather pace and will be based on households rather than what locals have called “solar barons.”
Labor shortage bites in certain sectors and regions of Hungary
Jo HarperAbout 50,000 jobs were still waiting to be filled in Hungary in the first quarter of the year, with serious labor shortages developing in certain sectors and regions of the country, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
Polish PGE to spend USD475m by 2020 on power station upgrades
Jo HarperPoland's largest power producer PGE plan to spend up to PLN1.8bn (USD475m) by 2020 to modernize its coal-fired power stations. The goal is to meet European Union emission reduction regulations.
Companies should already start investing in older workers
Aleksandra FandrejewskaWorkers aged 50+ are the future of the Polish labor market. This is not an election campaign slogan, but an observation arising from the changing demographic situation.
For Poland digitization is an opportunity to join leading global economies
Maria BnińskaPoland should not treat digitization as something for the future or limit itself to supporting start-ups and technological clusters.
The electrifying issue of power prices
Michał KozakThe West is happy with the reform of the Ukrainian energy sector. However, according to the auditors, the tariffs for customers are inflated.
A boost for research and development
Małgorzata GrzegorczykThe situation of support for research and development activities in Poland was so bad that it could only change for the better.
Polish cities begin to fight for fleeing residents
Magdalena KrukowskaBy 2050 Polish towns will have lost over four million residents. This is as if three medium-sized voivodeships were wiped off the map of Poland.
Poland to quit Russian gas, but what next?
Jo HarperPoland has said it does not plan to renew a long-term gas supply contract with Russia when its current deal with Gazprom expires in 2022.