As the European Council meets in Brussels, Poland is keen on limiting the prices of gas but has doubts about the idea of making common purchasing of gas compulsory for all EU members
The new UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed’s visit to Moscow could be more than just a “peace-seeking” mission, writes international relations expert Paweł Rakowski
Germany has been criticized by European commissioners for undermining the functioning of the single market
“Poland is entering a new era of energy sovereignty, security, and freedom,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda during the opening ceremony
Even though it’s 30-degrees Celsius outside, Poles felt the first signs of winter and the looming energy crisis this week after a leading Polish chemical producer curtailed production over soaring gas prices, writes Krzysztof Adam Kowalczyk for Polish news outlet Rzeczpospolita
While Poland may be the first country in Europe to entirely fill its gas storage capacity, it may still face a winter of balancing on the brink of energy shortages
Outdated technology and political concerns hinder replacing Russian gas with Algerian gas, writes Gábor Tar
For years, Germany did not want to limit its dependency on Russian gas. Now the rest of the EU does not want to tighten its belt to help Germany, writes Jędrzej Bielecki for the Rzeczpospolita daily
According to energy expert Thierry Bros, Poland could use its vote in the European Council as leverage to force Germany to dismantle the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, or else block the proposal to limit gas consumption
Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk said Poland will likely have a surplus of gas come winter
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that 5 billion cubic meters of gas have been contracted from Norway, with the figure for next year estimated to be 10 billion
The ban takes effect on January 1, 2023
Both the head of Poland’s fuel giant Orlen and the head of the gas conglomerate PGNiG were on board a plane that suffered a mysterious problem in Kazakhstan where the heads were in all probability attempting to secure Kazakh natural gas
Despite inflation and the Ukraine war, Poland is in a comfortable position in terms of energy security, said Poland’s deputy minister of finance
Poland has the highest rate of gas storage in Europe, with 95 percent of its storage facilities full, representing 3.35 billion cubic meters in total
The gas interconnection between Poland and Slovakia, which is a part of the European North-South Corridor, has been completed and will now enter its testing phase
Polish government adopted a resolution terminating the contract from 1993 on supplies of Russian gas to Poland on May 13
On May 1, the Polish-Lithuanian gas interconnector GIPL became active, adding to Poland’s energy security
After Russia cut off its gas for Poland, Polish authorities assure that they are well prepared for such a scenario
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has hailed the fact that Poland no longer has to worry about Russian gas supplies despite Gazprom’s decision to stop supplying Poland via the Yamal gas pipeline
Russia has moved forward with its threats to cut gas to Poland and Bulgaria
According to the president of Poland, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a deadly threat to Europe, which would increase its dependency on Russian gas
Amid the war in Ukraine, Mateusz Morawiecki also called upon the European Union to implement a gas price cap to help with the cost of living crisis
The country will continue to lessen its dependency on Russia for energy sources and aim to become self-sufficient
After a gas dispute with Russia, Moldova has purchased 1 million cubic meters of natural gas from Poland to diversify its energy sources
The country has over five billion cubic meters of gas reserves
