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Poland: agreement of $1.5 billion signed by Tauron for its new coal-fired unit
The No.2 utility Tauron in Poland inked a contract on Thursday with builders Rafako and Mostostal Warszawa to construct a hard coal-fired unit with a capacity of 910 megawatt at its Jaworzno plant, as stated by the companies.
read more... 18/04/2014
Poland: 4.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas sold in Q1 2014 by PGNiG
PGNiG, Poland's gas monopoly, declared on Wednesday the sales of natural gas dropped from 5.6 billion in 2013 to 4.9 billion cubic meters in the first quarter of 2014.
read more... 17/04/2014
Poland: renewable energy bill approved by the government
A long-awaited draft law has been approved by Poland's government on Tuesday exhibiting new subsidies for renewable energy for a longer period, intending to reduce costs to consumers and aid the coal dependent country to reach EU climate targets.
read more... 09/04/2014
Poland: a coal-fired unit of about $1 billion to be built by Hitachi-led consortium
Hitachi-led consortium won a contract of about 3.25 billion zlotys ($1 billion dollars) from Poland’s main utility group PGE to build a coal-fired unit of a capacity of 430-450 MW, according to a member of the conglomerate. The unit is likely to be constructed at PGE’s Turow plant in south-eastern Poland.
read more... 19/03/2014
Germany’s reliance on Russian gas puts Europe at risk
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, should try to reduce German and European reliance on Russian gas in order to avoid possible aggressive steps made by Russia in the near future, as stated by Donald Tusk, Poland’s prime minister.
read more... 11/03/2014