– I have no doubt that coal-fired power plants will be needed in the system until they are naturally replaced by nuclear power plants – said Maciej Bando. The Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate and Environment and government plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure indicated in an interview for that Germany wants to subsidize gas power plants.
Support for coal-fired power plants. Tusk’s government wants to extend EU regulations
Bando noted that Poland will need to extend the regulations that allow support for coal-fired power plants until 2028. In his opinion, until the first nuclear power plant is built, energy in our country will still be produced from coal. – This is the moment when all interested parties, uniting, can obtain a postponement of this deadline – emphasized the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Reuters reminds that the Polish government wants to accelerate the transition to energy with lower carbon dioxide emissions. But coal blocks today provide 60 percent. electricity, and Poland plans to build its first large nuclear power plant by 2033.
Expansion of a floating LNG regasification tanker “unnecessary”
The Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Climate and Environment also said that due to lower demand for fuel, Poland will not have to expand the floating FSRU tanker for regasification of liquefied natural gas. The tanker is to be built in Gdańsk before 2030. – Based on the analysis prepared by Gaz-System, examining the current and future demand for gas, we do not see the need to build or install a second unit – explained Maciej Bando.
Source: Gazeta
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