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Regulator will block heating cost hikes, minister says

Anna Moskwa told a press conference that under the new regulations district system heating cost hikes would be capped at 40 percent. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Poland's energy market regulator URE will block price hikes on district system heating, the climate and environment minister said on Friday.

Government proposes law capping price of coal

A bill guaranteeing the price of coal in Poland has been accepted by the Council of Ministers, the climate and environment minister announced on Tuesday.

Poland for energy transition but will continue coal, official says

Poland will not withdraw from energy transition, but will also continue investing in coal energy, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.

Poland's opposition, trade unionists call for round table on energy

Politicians from the main opposition bloc Civic Coalition (KO) and members of the major trade union Solidarity have urged for round table talks on Poland's energy future.

Polish energy concerns plan takeover of CEZ Group assets in Poland

Energy companies PGNiG and PGE have submitted a joint non-binding offer to acquire the Polish assets of Czech energy concern CEZ Group as part of a strategy to “re-Polonise” the energy sector, the companies said in a Friday press release.

Over EUR 50 bln for Polish energy sector transition in EU budget - PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has announced that Poland will receive billions of euros in EU funding to help transform its energy sector.

Poland aims to ease windfarm law by year end - development min

The government would like to conclude work on the legislative correction to the so-called distance act, which limits the development of Poland's onshore wind energy, by the end of this year, Deputy PM and Development Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz said on Friday.

Poland's photovoltaic capacity exceeds 2.5 GW

Poland's photovoltaic capacity amounted to 2528.37 MW on 1 September, 2020, up by 168.7 percent year on year, power grid operator Polskie Sieci Energetyczne (PSE) said on Friday.

Coal to play a reduced role in Poland's energy mix - press

A new draft energy policy until 2040 foresees the share of coal in the energy mix falling to 35.6 - 56 percent in 10 years, compared to the 56-60 percent provided for in a government report last November, the Puls Biznesu business daily reported on Tuesday.

Sunny side up: Poland’s solar energy output soars

More green energy from the sun being generated as households load up with solar panels.

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Eco triumph as Krakow’s ‘best kept secret’ to become nature reserve after being saved from developers

Home to 286 different forms of flora, and nearly 40 species of fauna, the Liban Quarry, which is best-known for serving as the set for Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust epic Schindler’s List, also contains rock formations, and soil and underground water systems of particularly high natural value.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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