Krajowy Plan Odbudowy: koniec konsultacji, teraz liczy się wynik.
March 31, 2021
Choć kończące się konsultacje i zgłoszone do KPO uwagi pokazują wyraźnie na co powinny być przeznaczone pieniądze na odbudowę gospodarczą, …
Latest unambitious domino falls as Poland publishes plan for EU recovery fund
March 25, 2021
A lack of ambition, vision and delivery sums up the Polish national recovery and resilience plan that was released on 26 February. The fundamental flaw is that the plan provides no path for the country to reach neither the EU’s climate neutrality target by 2050 nor the much less ambitious targets outlined in the recent Poland’s Energy Policy 2040 (PEP2040), like reducing the share of coal in the electricity mix to 56 per cent.
Polska strategia energetyczna: Atomu nie mamy „bardziej” niż magazynów energii
March 13, 2021
„Zadaniem polityków powinno być usunięcie barier regulacyjnych, które cały czas blokują rozwój odnawialnych źródeł energii w Polsce”, …
Polska strategia energetyczna 2030: Jak ułożyć nowy miks energetyczny?
March 11, 2021
O tym jakimi źródłami energii najlepiej zastąpić drożejący węgiel, który wciąż stanowi około 70 proc. polskiego miksu energetycznego mówiła …
EU Recovery funds: where is the support for District Heating?
March 5, 2021
District Heating is an efficient way to heat homes, particularly in a country like Latvia where 58% of its primary energy consumption is used for heating. But Selīna Vancāne at Riga City Council is very concerned that the draft EU Recovery plans do not include any support under the climate goals for district heating projects. Perhaps it’s because of a blind spot: most of Europe is prioritising individual heating units powered by electricity. Meanwhile, Latvia is tacking the issue of fuel sources for district heating. There’s gas (not clean, must be imported from Russia), woodchips (plenty of local supply, but has sustainability limits), and much better solutions like solar. Vancāne offers the case study of Salaspils Siltums, built in 6 months, which provides solar district heating to 85% of a town of 18,000 people. She urges the EU to fund both district heating and the new clean solutions it can use. The results can be cost effective, sustainable, efficient and curb emissions.
Why is the EIB still hiding one-third of its lending?
March 4, 2021
The EU’s house bank must keep up with its peers on disclosure of financial intermediary investments
Why is the EU’s house bank still hiding one-third of its lending?
March 3, 2021
The EIB’s lending through intermediary banks is often claimed to be confidential. But this is public money, and the bank’s peers are increasingly doing better. As the EIB reviews its Transparency Policy, it’s high time to up its game.
Thermal depolymerisation study summary, Slovakia
February 22, 2021
As part of the just transition of the Upper Nitra region in Slovakia, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatisation has collected project concept notes since 2018. One of the projects, proposed by HU
Odbudowa gospodarcza w krajach V4: Dlaczego to trudne zadanie?
February 21, 2021
Konieczność opracowania skutecznych Krajowych Planów Odbudowy (KPO) pod rosnącą presją czasu to problem, z którym zmagają się wszystkie …
‘Plan Marshalla’ na miarę XXI wieku.
February 9, 2021
Przed nami drugi ‘Plan Marshalla’. Unijne wsparcie po COVID 19, z którego 57 mld euro przypadnie Polsce. To wielka szansa na skok …