Poland – 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Energiewende Thu, 06 Apr 2023 07:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 How to modernize Poland’s outdated electric grid https://energytransition.org/2023/04/how-to-modernize-polands-outdated-electric-grid/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/how-to-modernize-polands-outdated-electric-grid/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28085 Obsolete power grids are putting the brakes on Poland’s renewable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 https://energytransition.org/2023/04/how-to-modernize-polands-outdated-electric-grid/feed/ 0 Brownfields to greenfields: repurposing coal mines worldwide into renewable centers https://energytransition.org/2023/02/brownfields-to-greenfields-repurposing-coal-mines-worldwide-into-renewable-centers/ https://energytransition.org/2023/02/brownfields-to-greenfields-repurposing-coal-mines-worldwide-into-renewable-centers/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:47:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27843 For decades, energy transition experts called for transforming post-mined lands into renewable energy hubs. To bolster their arguments, as part of their “Sunshine for Mines” project, a decade ago the pioneering Rocky Mountain Institute began tracking the few “lighthouse” projects that then existed. At the time, renewable capacity on mine sites stood at just over 600 megawatts worldwide.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/02/brownfields-to-greenfields-repurposing-coal-mines-worldwide-into-renewable-centers/feed/ 0 A recipe for the cold https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27769 The embargo on raw materials from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine exposed weaknesses in the Polish energy system as well as political errors. For many in Poland, this winter will serve as a reminder of communist-era shortages. Michał Olszewski has the details Local governments announced switching off street lighting for energy savings. (Photo by Janusz Maniak, CC0) Five million tonnes of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/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 Will winter smell of coal? https://energytransition.org/2022/09/will-winter-smell-of-coal/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/will-winter-smell-of-coal/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:00:07 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27245 This chart is easy to remember. On 24 June 2022 the energy think tank Instrat published data on energy production with a special focus on its sources. Combined, photovoltaics and wind energy yielded more power (26.3 %) than the total electricity production from lignite (24.2 %). This means that a revolution took place in a country where successive governments blocked the development of renewable...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/will-winter-smell-of-coal/feed/ 0 Poland and the energy costs of the Russian war in Ukraine https://energytransition.org/2022/09/poland-and-the-energy-costs-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/poland-and-the-energy-costs-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27185 The Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine is not only barbaric – it is also a harbinger of rapid economic changes around the world. Even if the war ends relatively soon (and that is unlikely), a return to the status quo ante is unthinkable. So too is a return to the heavily fossil-fuelled and import-dependent European energy model that existed before the war. Is it appropriate to ponder over...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/poland-and-the-energy-costs-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 Poland’s Energy Dilemma https://energytransition.org/2022/03/polands-energy-dilemma/ https://energytransition.org/2022/03/polands-energy-dilemma/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:00:16 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26261 Recent events have thrown the debate as to whether fossil gas remains required to ensure the security of Europe’s energy supplies completely on its head. The threat that gas supplies can be either weaponised or placed under international sanctions at any point has never been clearer and has highlighted the urgent requirement for accelerated low carbon energy capacity deployment for Europe to...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/03/polands-energy-dilemma/feed/ 0 Time to rethink transport in Poland https://energytransition.org/2022/01/time-to-rethink-transport-in-poland/ https://energytransition.org/2022/01/time-to-rethink-transport-in-poland/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:00:07 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25805 The pandemic may well change our transport habits for the better – at least in cities. Public transport and eventually even cars will be increasingly shunned in favour of bicycles. Michał Olszewski reports from Warsaw, Poland. In Poland, the number of cycling journeys rose during the pandemic. (Photo by Ewelina Korzeniowska, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The plans were grand: in 2016 the Polish PM Mateusz...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/01/time-to-rethink-transport-in-poland/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 A cry in the desert: Poland wakes up to climate debate https://energytransition.org/2021/03/a-cry-in-the-desert/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/a-cry-in-the-desert/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23673 Too late, too slow, too stifled, but it has arrived: Climate policy is finally taking centre-stage in the public debate. Michał Olszewski reports from Poland. ( Public Domain) The change is clear: not so long ago, in Poland it was fashionable to make fun of climate change or at least to be deeply sceptical of the alarming reports. Each cold spring (just like each wet summer) saw floods of derision...

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