In 2020, the global energy consumption will decrease by about 6 per cent, and more than 3 million energy industry workers have already lost or will lose their jobs. At the same time new investments are needed to ensure that there...
The recent political events forced the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to face increased political pressure within Germany and within her own Christian Democratic Union (CDU) ruling party — to end her support for the Nord...
In May, the Ukrainian government preliminarily approved the text of a memorandum on the prospects for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US. The agreement envisages supplies of 5.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of...
When the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) authorized the use of a Russian ship to lay the final part of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, advocates of the project were delighted. The move allows the pipeline to reach its destination in...
One of the first economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic was a sharp decline in the prices of carbon dioxide emissions allowances. This is great news for Poland, because lower prices will allow Poland’s economy to save...
The spread of coronavirus translates into lower greenhouse gas emissions. With the end of the pandemic, the situation may quickly return to pre-outbreak levels unless the industrial aid schemes are linked to pro-environmental...
The International Energy Agency predicts that over the next 20 years their power generation capacity will have increased 15-fold or more. According to the Polish government, during this time the generation capacity of offshore...
According to the Wood Mackenzie Energy Transition Practice, industry risk is weighted towards new project execution as Europe and North America are in the lockdown. The scope and scale of quarantines continues but the impacts on...
Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal has issued a decision in favor of Polish oil and gas company PGNiG. The decision changes the method of pricing for Russian gas, attaching it to the prices for gas in Western Europe and is backdated...
Changing the fuel source of a planned 1-GW power plant in Ostrołęka in northeast Poland, known as Ostrołęka C, from coal to natural gas may delay the project. Ostrołęka was said to be Poland’s last new coal-fired plant,...