(Oil) lawyers will always find a way. Greenpeace is likely to go bankrupt (at least the US branch) due to a court ruling ordering the organization to pay a $660 million fine for defamation and damages to Energy Transfer – the case concerned protests against the construction of a large pipeline in North Dakota. The case concerns protests 10 years ago (mainly indigenous people protested), […]
Energy projects can be built, but they can be launched sometimes… Unfortunately, the costs remain! In the nostalgic mood of November, you can also look at energy projects that… failed. At least, this is by no means a Polish peculiarity because in every country of the world, you can find significant, abandoned structural investments that brought great financial losses. Someone probably also made money on […]
A brief guide to preparing descriptions related to the energy transition There is a constant debate on energy in Poland, including the PEP, the NAP in the WAM and WEM variants, interpellations and inquiries, and numerous strategic and tactical documents. Discussions are taking place in many forums. Every few days, there is a need to prepare letters, studies, reports, and position presentations. This process can […]
Energy Transformation Fund… another national epic that will establish the Fund once the certificates run out. It already seemed that the Energy Transformation Fund (FTE) topic had disappeared from public and political discussion. But suddenly, electrifying news circulated in the media—the Ministry of Climate and Environment (MoC) plans to prepare a draft law establishing the Fund this fall or next spring at the latest. For […]
Fixed gas price – so it’s more expensive! So how about electricity and gas for free? Terrifying horror accounts have appeared in the media of companies (several hundred) that have signed “fixed price” gas supply contracts in 2022. Probably due to under-reading the provisions in the small print or under the influence of catastrophic forecasts of increases, or due to a lack of understanding of the […]