German developer BayWa re to build Poland’s first subsidy-free solar project
PV Magazine: German renewables company BayWa re has begun constructing a 64.4 MW solar plant in Witnica, a town in western Poland near the German border. The project, set to be completed this year,...
View ArticleRenewables topped fossil fuels in EU electricity generation for first time...
Reuters: Europe’s long goodbye to coal is speeding up, in a transition smoothed by the rise of wind and solar power and energy policy that has priced the fossil fuel out of many markets, according to...
View ArticleRenewableUK: Global offshore wind pipeline now totals 159GW
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The global pipeline of offshore wind projects grew 30% over the past year to reach 159 GW, with more and more countries outside Europe seeing an influx of...
View ArticlePoland’s PKN Orlen moving forward with planned 1.2GW offshore wind farm in...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA submitted an environmental report to the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Gdansk, Poland, for the offshore...
View ArticlePolish government planning first steps in country’s transition away from coal...
Bloomberg: Poland’s government is starting discussions with utilities and powerful mining unions about speeding up the country’s green transformation. The European Union’s most coal-dependent country...
View ArticleRWE targeting renewables, hydrogen for future growth opportunities
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): It still owns one of Europe’s largest coal power fleets and ranks among the continent’s biggest carbon emitters, but on RWE AG’s half-year earnings call, the...
View ArticlePoland looking to award 2.2GW of new renewable energy projects in 2021
Renewables Now: Poland could award almost 2.2 GW of new renewable energy capacity in the planned auction rounds next year, the Ministry of Climate estimates. The total includes 1,700 MW of solar...
View ArticlePoland planning to speed coal plant closures, replace capacity with nuclear...
Reuters: Poland wants to speed up phasing out coal and spend billions to build renewable and nuclear power infrastructure to address challenges related to climate change and ensure stable power...
View ArticleCoal-dependent Polish utility PGE commits to 100% zero emissions by 2050
Platts: Poland’s largest utility, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA, is planning to phase out coal and offer zero emission energy by 2050, CEO Wojciech Dabrowski said Sep. 15. “PGE, as the largest...
View ArticleDevelopers say Polish solar market is set to expand quickly in coming decade
Bloomberg: After growing more than six-fold over the last two years, Poland’s solar energy market is only getting started as European climate goals force the country to speed up its exit from coal, a...
View ArticlePoland’s PGE utility plans almost $10 billion in renewable energy investments...
Bloomberg: Poland’s largest utility plans to spend 75 billion zloty ($19.4 billion) by 2030 as it aims to become climate-neutral by mid-century. PGE SA seeks to invest half of that amount in renewable...
View ArticlePoland planning to build solar, wind capacity at Bełchatów, Europe’s largest...
Platts: Poland’s largest utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA plans to develop solar and onshore wind capacity, as well as an incineration plant, on the site of its 4.93-GW lignite-fired Bełchatów...
View ArticlePolish government moves forward with plans for 10.9GW of offshore wind...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The Polish government approved late Nov. 27 a draft Offshore Wind Act to award about 32 billion zlotys in support for the construction of 10.9 GW of capacity in...
View ArticleIEEFA Europe: COVID has exposed Polish energy company’s continuing coal...
December 3, 2020 (IEEFA) — The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the costs of excessive coal dependence at Poland’s largest energy company, Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), highlighting the need for...
View ArticleIberdrola makes big buy into Poland’s developing offshore wind market
ReNews.biz: Iberdrola is to enter the Polish offshore wind market with an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in developer Sea Wind, which has a seven-project pipeline in early stages of development of up...
View ArticlePoland plans for 2GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Poland plans to have 2 GW of hydrogen electrolysis capacity and 2,000 hydrogen fuel-cell buses on its streets by 2030 as part of a new strategy to promote the...
View ArticlePolish Parliament passes offshore wind act, sets stage for major buildout...
OffshoreWind.biz: Poland’s Senate has unanimously passed the Offshore Act regulating the development of offshore wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea. The bill has now cleared both chambers of the...
View ArticleThree Polish utilities join forces to develop country’s offshore wind resources
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Three of Poland’s state-controlled utilities signed a letter of intent Jan. 18 to cooperate in the development of new offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea....
View ArticleNew Polish energy plan to cut coal generation, boost renewables
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The Polish government approved Feb. 2 an energy policy to 2040 that targets a reduction in coal’s share of the power generation mix from 72% in 2020 to 56% in...
View ArticleOrsted buys stake in Polish utility’s offshore wind development project
Bloomberg: Poland’s biggest utility PGE SA teamed up with Denmark’s Orsted A/S to build a wind farm in the Baltic Sea as the coal-reliant central European country moves ahead with a $35 billion plan to...
View ArticlePoland planning almost $1 billion hydrogen investment to spur green energy...
Bloomberg: Poland plans to invest 797 million euros ($960 million) to develop the production and distribution of hydrogen, using the European Union’s economic rescue fund to speed up its shift to clean...
View ArticlePolish regulators back Orsted, RWE offshore wind projects
Re.News.biz: The Polish Energy Regulatory Office (URE) has awarded a Contract for Difference to Orsted and PGE’s Baltica 3 and Baltica 2 (2500MW) offshore wind projects and RWE’s 350MW FEW Baltic 2...
View ArticlePolish utility PGE to build 600MW of solar capacity at Bełchatów coal plant...
S&P Global Platts ($): Poland’s largest utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA is planning to build up to 600 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity by the end of 2024, transforming the site of its...
View ArticleCEO of Poland’s PGE utility acknowledges need ‘to move away from coal’
Reuters: Coal has obviously to be scrapped as a power source, the CEO of the Polish group which owns the EU’s biggest carbon-emitting power plant said on Thursday, underscoring a policy shift in a...
View ArticleEU labeling system rolled out as possible international standard
Bloomberg Green: The European Union’s new standards for classifying sustainable investment will change the way economies operate, divert cash flows and reverberate across the globe, the officials in...
View ArticleLeaked EC plans show commission plans to push states for more renewables
OilPrice.com: The European Commission intends to ask EU Member States to make an additional effort to increase their share of renewable energy in the power mix, according to a leaked draft of an...
View ArticleBiggest polluting power plant in Europe to close by end of 2036
Reuters: Poland plans to close Europe’s most polluting power plant by the end of 2036, a draft document published by local authorities said on Tuesday, after energy group PGE (PGE.WA) scrapped plans to...
View ArticlePolish citizens file lawsuit against government over coal emissions
The Guardian: Five Polish citizens are taking their government to court over its failure to protect them from the impacts of the climate crisis. They say the state has breached their rights to life,...
View ArticleSolar bidders awarded 2.2GW of capacity in Poland renewables auction
PV Tech: Solar PV bidders picked up around 2.2GW of capacity in Poland’s latest renewables auctions, the country’s Energy Regulatory Office (URE) has announced. An initial auction for projects with a...
View ArticleSerbian president says nation will shut its coal plants when Poland does
Balkan Green Energy News: Serbia is under pressure to lose its energy security, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said, adding he would not allow the country, which is now an exporter of...
View ArticleSolar panels generated a record 10% of EU electricity over June and July
ReNews.biz: New analysis by energy think tank Ember reveals that, for the first time, solar panels generated a tenth of EU-27 electricity during their peak months of June and July this year. Solar...
View ArticleIberdrola plans 6 gigawatts of offshore wind development in Taiwan
REVE: Iberdrola has continued its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region with the announcement of three new offshore wind development projects in Taiwan, with potential capacity of approximately 6...
View ArticleUK establishes 265 million-pound subsidy pot for renewable developers
The Guardian: Renewable energy developers will compete for a share in a £265m subsidy pot as the government aims to support a record number of projects in the sector through a milestone subsidy scheme...
View ArticleGlobal solar installations to hit 191GW in 2021—BNEF
PV Tech: As much as 191GW of new solar PV is expected to be installed this year – up by a third on last year’s deployment figure – despite polysilicon and module prices remaining high into 2022,...
View ArticleAlmost one-third of U.S. gas plants losing money, $24 billion at risk
Engineering & Technology: Gas-fired power plants are increasingly making a loss in both Europe and the US, a situation not helped by soaring fuel prices, a report from Carbon Tracker reveals. The...
View ArticleMore than 40 countries agree to phase out coal-fired power
The Guardian: More than 40 countries have agreed to phase out their use of coal-fired power, the dirtiest fuel source, in a boost to UK hopes of a deal to “keep 1.5C alive”, from the Cop26 climate...
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IEEFA Poland: PZU’s stance on coal makes no sense either for Paris Agreement...
Poland’s largest insurer, PZU, stands out among European insurers — for the wrong reason. It is conspicuous in still insuring coal when almost all of its European peers are exiting coal. This action...
View ArticleEuropean solar installations have jumped a record 34% over 2020
PV Tech: The European Union’s (EU) solar PV sector has navigated a year beset by supply chain disruptions and module prices hikes to post record levels of annual deployment, according to research from...
View ArticleIEEFA Europa: Dalsze uzależnienie od węgla będzie kosztować polskich...
10 stycznia 2022 (IEEFA Europa) – Przywiązanie Polski do węgla słono kosztuje polskich podatników, jednak w rządzie wciąż nie widać woli, aby przestawić kraj na czyste źródła energii, czytamy w...
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IEEFA Europe: Coal dependence squeezes Polish taxpayers for €141 billion
10 Jan. 2022 (IEEFA Europe) – Poland’s dependence on coal is costing Polish taxpayers dearly, but the Polish government remains reluctant to shift to clean energy sources, according to a report by the...
View ArticleIberdrola inks deal for potential 3.5GW of Philippines offshore wind
offshoreWIND.biz: Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Triconti ECC Renewables, the Philippines’ largest independent wind developer, and Stream Invest Holding AG, a Swiss renewable energy group,...
View ArticleIEEFA Europe: Skupina ČEZ předkládá plán dekarbonizace, je ale připravena k...
20. ledna 2022 (IEEFA Europe) – Skupina ČEZ musí podle zprávy Institutu pro energetickou ekonomiku a finanční analýzu (IEEFA) po deseti letech promarněných příležitostí dohánět výstavbu obnovitelných...
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IEEFA Europe: ČEZ Group lays out decarbonisation plan, but is it ready?
20 Jan. 2022 (IEEFA Europe) – After a decade of missed opportunities, ČEZ Group (ČEZ) finds itself playing catch-up on renewable energy, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and...
View ArticleCzech Republic pushing EU to scrap deadlines for nuclear investment
Reuters: The Czech Republic is pushing for the European Union to scrap proposed deadlines for investment in nuclear energy, a Czech newspaper reported on Friday, as the EU tries to come up with a plan...
View ArticleStudy: Half of new renewables since 2019 have replaced gas in Europe
Bloomberg ($): The European Union’s renewable energy sources are helping reduce its dependence on natural gas that’s still costing the region dearly. Renewables growth has helped reduce the EU’s...
View ArticleEuropean Commission proposes labelling gas, nuclear as sustainable
Reuters: Investments in some gas and nuclear power plants would be labelled as sustainable under rules proposed by European Commission on Wednesday, a plan that has split countries and investors, and...
View ArticleR Power secures $218 million for 299 megawatts of solar in Poland
ReNews.biz: Polish solar developer R Power Group has secured a financing agreement worth €189m for the construction of photovoltaic projects totalling 299MW in Poland. A consortium of banks composed of...
View ArticleLightsource BP signs deal for 400 megawatts of solar in Italy
Power Technology: Lightsource BP, a joint venture between Lightsource and BP, has signed agreements with two Italian firms for the development of 400MWp worth of photovoltaic (PV) projects in Italy....
View ArticleAxpo plans to increase solar portfolio to 10 gigawatts by 2030
Renewables Now: Swiss renewable power producer Axpo Holding AG said today that it aims to expand its solar portfolio by 10 GW by the end of the decade with an initial focus on its home market, Italy,...
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IEEFA: EU gas – Diversity of supply or diversity of routes?
February 24, 2022 (IEEFA) – European policy makers have overemphasized building gas infrastructure instead of diversifying energy sources, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics...
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