This will be a “long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation…based on commercial terms”, says Orlen.
This will be a “long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation…based on commercial terms”, says Orlen.
Baltic Power is expected to begin operations in 2026, providing electricity to 1.5 million households.
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“Infrastructural constraints make it impossible to fully cover Czech demand for oil from directions other than Russia,” says Orlen.
Orlen has been taking over state competitors at a rapid pace in recent years in a bid to become a global player.
But support falls to 45% when Poles are asked if they would want a small nuclear reactor in their local area.
“We cannot invest where regulations outright stifle investment processes,” said the CEO of Polish state energy giant Orlen in Prague.
The war in neighbouring Ukraine is believed to have been a major factor in increased fuel demand in Poland.
The nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) being developed by the group will be deployed in Poland by state energy firm Orlen.
“There is no consent for the destruction of the authority of Saint John Paul II,” said the CEO of state oil giant Orlen.
The ship, named Lech Kaczyński, brought 70,000 tonnes of LNG – enough to cover the average weekly natural gas consumption of all households in Poland.
Wojciech Jakóbik
Poland has not abandoned Russian oil entirely, as it said it would, but instead the Kremlin has turned the taps off itself.
Russia last month halted oil exports to Poland one day after Poland became the first country to donate modern Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
Its ethics council is concerned at Orlen’s ownership of dozens of local media outlets.
Poland’s LNG terminal received 58 shipments carrying 4.4 million tonnes, figures that were 66% and 57% higher than a year earlier respectively.