9-6-2014
Elektrownia Północ melts away
Elektrownia Północ Power Plant was designed on a grand scale – with two power units and 2000 MWe it was to become the largest new coal-fired power plant in Europe. The recently published new version of construction design has brought about numerous changes, including the most important one – a 400 MWe reduction of power. Read more »
17-5-2014
Richest Pole receives Pinocchio
On Friday, May 16th 2014, the first step of the international action of sending letters to Mr Jan Kulczyk – Elektrownia Północ Power Plant main investor – was successfully completed. The petitions in which the international community asked Mr Kulczyk to withdraw from the Elektrownia Północ project and support clean energy solutions instead were handed over to the Chairman of Elektrownia Północ by the Stop Elektrownia Północ campaign coordinators. The signatures poured in to the very last moment. The petitions on stopEP.org and campaigns.350.org were closed with the sum of 8329 signatures. Read more »
14-5-2014
Pinocchio to deliver letters to Kulczyk
This Friday, 16th May 2014 at 2.00 pm, petitions to Jan Kulczyk, appealing for his withdrawal from plans to build Elektrownia Północ Power Plant in Pomerania, Poland, will be passed on to Mr. Piotr Maciolek, chairman of Elektrownia Północ Power Plant company, owned by Kulczyk Investments Group. The petitions, signed by over 8200 people, will be delivered by an exceptional guest – Pinocchio. Read more »
9-5-2014
Elektrownia Północ in the May issue of the WildLife Magazine
Elektrownia Północ Power Plant becomes the editorial focus of the WildLife Magazine again. The leading article is already available in Polish. ‘Wisła w cieniu elektrowni’ (‘Vistula in the shadow of the power plant’) covers the current situation and threats to the Vistula River posed by the Power Plant – water intake, fish killed in thousands, hot sewage and a mixture of toxic substance. ‘In spite of the serious problems with obtaining necessary permits and source of financing, the investor continues his propaganda of success, and keeps making the impression that heavy equipment is worming up and about to head towards the Rajkowy village’ – writes the author. Read more »
7-5-2014
What is the real price of Polish coal?
While in Poland domestic coal keeps being promoted as the cheapest source of electricity, between 1990 and 2012 Polish citizens paid a stunning amount of 170 400 bln zł (approx. 40 500 bln E) extra to electricity production, which means that the average citizen spent additional 1876 zł on energy each year – alarms Forbes. What’s more, large portion of the coal burned in Polish power plants already comes from abroad. Read more »
Who will construct the Północ power plant
The French company Alstom has been chosen as the main contractor of the Północ power plant. Alstom is infamous for numerous scandals, including cases of corruption. The company and/or its staff has been found guilty of corruption offences in relation to at least seven other cases. Alstom has been under observation by the Norwegian Finance Ministry since 2011 after its Council on Ethics recommended in 2010 to exclude Alstom from the Government Pension Fund Global. Most recently, the UK Serious Fraud Office charged Alstom Network UK with paying around USD 8.5 million in bribes between 2000 and 2006 to win transport contracts in India, Poland and Tunisia. Scandals and unethical business practices did not escape the notice of the civil society. In 2013 Alstom was nominated for the ‘prestigious’ Public Eye Awards, or the ‘award of shame’, for the worst company of the year.
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