Agata Skrzypczyk – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 How to modernize Poland’s outdated electric grid https://energytransition.org/2023/04/how-to-modernize-polands-outdated-electric-grid/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/how-to-modernize-polands-outdated-electric-grid/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28085 Obsolete power grids are putting the brakes on Poland’s renewable energy rollout. According to the Energy Regulatory Office (URE), more than a third of overhead lines are over 40 years old, while a third of power stations were built before the year 1982. This aging infrastructure may slow the nation’s rapid increase in renewable sources. Agata Skrzypczyk has the details.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/how-to-modernize-polands-outdated-electric-grid/feed/ 0 Critical juncture: Poland’s government greenlights the country’s first nuclear power plant https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27679 The Polish government has taken a first step towards realizing its nuclear energy aspirations – building a reactor with a total capacity of 9 GW by the year 2043. At the beginning of November, an agreement was signed with the American, Pittsburg-based company Westinghouse to build its first nuclear project on the Baltic coast. It marks a significant pivot in the Polish energy transition.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/feed/ 0 Eastern Greater Poland: An Energy Transition Trailblazer https://energytransition.org/2021/09/eastern-greater-poland-an-energy-transition-trailblazer/ https://energytransition.org/2021/09/eastern-greater-poland-an-energy-transition-trailblazer/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:00:40 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24687 As the first of the country’s six coal regions to start planning its coal phase-out, Eastern Greater Poland is the undisputed leader in Poland’s just energy transition. For 80 years, the region’s industry has revolved around lignite, but Eastern Greater Poland has ambitions not only to change the status quo with regard to coal, but also to serve as an example for the rest of the nation.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/09/eastern-greater-poland-an-energy-transition-trailblazer/feed/ 0 Why are Polish politicians afraid to talk about the climate? https://energytransition.org/2021/02/why-are-polish-politicians-afraid-to-talk-about-the-climate/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/why-are-polish-politicians-afraid-to-talk-about-the-climate/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:00:55 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23623 The time to panic is clearly upon us. No more beating around the bush: we must recognise the inevitability of the climate catastrophe. But has everyone noticed it yet? The beginning of 2020 saw the premiere of a documentary by American director Jonathan Ramsey about the Polish atmospheric physicist Szymon Malinowski, who is fighting for the climate. The film’s title announces that It’s okay to...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/why-are-polish-politicians-afraid-to-talk-about-the-climate/feed/ 1 Who doesn’t like Polish wind power? https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22417/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22417/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:00:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22417 Despite the fact that the price of investment in onshore wind power is dropping massively as its efficiency surges, turbines are still unwanted in Poland. If it weren’t effectively blocked by unfavourable legal regulations, wind energy would create a chance to increase the importance of renewable energy sources. What is the reason for wind power’s bad image in Poland and who is suffering most as a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22417/feed/ 1 Will Coronavirus Improve Poland’s Chances of Meeting Its 2020 RES Target? https://energytransition.org/2020/04/will-coronavirus-improve-polands-chances-of-meeting-its-2020-res-target/ https://energytransition.org/2020/04/will-coronavirus-improve-polands-chances-of-meeting-its-2020-res-target/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22157 For the last two weeks of March, while Poland was experiencing the difficulties created by Covid-19, electricity demand dropped by as much as 8.5 percent. This drop has effectively increased the share of renewable energy sources within the national energy mix. How will the crisis provoked by the new virus affect Poland’s energy and climate policy? Will changes in the energy market make it possible...

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