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The green energy boom continues
Tomasz ŚwiderekSome experts consider proposed changes to the Polish law on wind energy to be a threat to the existing farms' ability to service their debt
State-controlled companies agreed to invest EUR600m in Polish Mining Group
Jo HarperSix state-controlled companies - including the energy ones: PGE and Energa - have agreed to invest in a newly established state-owned coal mining group, PGG (Polish Mining Group).
Baltic leaders meet to mull energy matters
Jo HarperBaltic energy companies are active against the backdrop of an ever-present regional threat.
Polish cities are depopulating
Bartosz TurekAccording to the forecasts of the Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS), by 2050 the population of Poland will decrease by about 4.5 million (to less than 34 million people). This outflow will affect the inhabitants of...
German-Lithuanian Group looks to expand into biomass
Jo HarperDanpower Baltic, a German-Lithuanian joint venture, has bought three biomass heating plants in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Baltics look east for new energy links
Jo HarperThe Lithuanian and Japanese governments have signed a memorandum of co-operation on nuclear energy matters, meanwhile Estonian government signed a deal with Russian Gazprom.
New legislation could derail wind power in Poland
Jo HarperThe governing Law and Justice (PiS) is weighing up legislation that could swing Poland’s energy mix in the direction of coal, shale and possibly biomass.
Patent statistics can be used to prove any thesis
Artur BurakCE Financial Observer talks with Prof. Aurelia Nowicka from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Alicja Adamczak, PhD, the President of the Polish Patent Office.
Russian Lukoil to sell petrol stations in Poland and region
Jo HarperLukoil, Russia’s largest private oil company, will sell 230 petrol stations in Poland and the CEE region.
ČEZ submitted an offer to buy Swedish Vattenfall’s German assets
Jo HarperCzech energy company ČEZ has submitted a non-binding offer to buy Swedish Vattenfall’s German brown coal and hydroelectric activities.