The floating storage and regasification unit is expected to receive, store and regasify one third of Poland’s total gas demand.
The floating storage and regasification unit is expected to receive, store and regasify one third of Poland’s total gas demand.
Canadian firm CEP says it has found a deposit containing 22 million tonnes of oil and 5 billion cubic metres of gas.
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The climate ministry claims that 35,000 tonnes of waste from Germany has been illegally dumped in Poland.
They argue that the technology, which is still in development, is not sufficiently tested and produces large amounts of nuclear waste.
Single-use plastic cutlery, straws and drink stirrers are among the products now banned.
Alicja Ptak
The war in Ukraine has further stoked demand.
The Polish government says it will not support “Fit for 55”, the EU’s flagship programme to cut emissions.
Poland’s grid operator ordered solar and wind facilities to be disconnected temporarily from the system.
The provincial governor argues that the plans – in which older cars would be banned from the city of Kraków – would “interfere with constitutional rights and freedoms”.
Poland is by far the EU’s biggest importer of LPG, despite the government ending other Russian energy imports.
“Poland needs new energy solutions to protect itself from Russian influence, meet climate commitments and drive economic development,” says the US ambassador.
Poland had Europe’s fastest-growing market for heat pumps last year.
Poland’s municipal recycling rate of 40.3% in 2021 was over three times higher than a decade earlier, though still below the EU average.
The system was supposed to be introduced this year but has still not been approved by the government.