ANKARA
Poland has asked the EU to take into account countries that want energy resources for the winter in its general proposal to member states on their fuel consumption, Anna Moskwa, Poland’s climate and environment minister, said on Tuesday.
He argued that the energy solidarity mechanism proposed through the EU does not lead to a relief in the energy security of an EU member state in the face of Russia’s reduction of materials due to sanctions implemented due to the Russo-Ukrainian war.
“We cannot communicate about electrical safety on the basis of a forced solution. Solidarity will have to be shown above all with those in need, not with those who can fend for themselves,” he said.
He warned of the need for EU solidarity in reaction to Russian aggression, adding in the energy box that “solidarity demands that we act in a spirit of cooperation and coordinate movements to mitigate the crisis. “
The EU regulation, which will be followed through the Council, sets a relief target for member states, a 15% relief in fuel consumption until next spring.
However, Moskwa said each country deserves to be able to have its own energy security strategy.
“We don’t think it’s mandatory or useful. As far as Poland’s achievements are concerned, since the beginning of the energy crisis, Poland has been actively preparing, while in many other Member States fuel consumption has remained at a similar or even higher point. than in previous years. Poland had already prepared for a possible crisis by filling its garage facilities,” Moskwa explained.
The Polish minister said Warsaw had long indicated that Moscow was pursuing a blackmail power policy opposed to Europe.
“The factor of ensuring the EU’s energy security and diversifying Member States’ origin instructions with strategic raw fabrics has been known through us as the overarching objective of EU energy policy. We talked about it only in Nord Stream 2. Unfortunately, until the 24th In February of this year, some EU member states froze, or pretended to freeze, the severity of those problems,” he said.
Reacting to Russia’s suspension of fuel deliveries to Poland, he said Poland is in a position to move as it also plans to end fuel imports from Russia until the end of 2022.
This plan has been consistently implemented since 2015, when the government took steps to diversify resources from herbal fuel sources by finalising this year’s key infrastructure projects to meet the demand for herbal fuel from countries other than Russia.
The plan will also enable regional cooperation in the herbal fuels sector and energy security, thanks to Poland’s geographical location, allowing Central and Eastern Europe to have a broad presence in the global LNG market and deposits on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The Poland-Lithuania connection plays a key role in this regard, as it allows the import of fuel from the Klaipeda LNG terminal in Lithuania; there are also plans underway for more pipeline connections and improvements to LNG infrastructure.
“This year, the fuel pipeline connections with Norway (Baltic Pipe) and Slovakia will be implemented in a coherent manner. We are also active in the field of LNG receiving infrastructure. The refueling capacity of the Swinoujscie LNG terminal is being expanded from 6200 million cubic meters to 8. 3 billion cubic meters consistent with the year, and in the coming years, the new Polish terminal in Gdansk is also expected to enter service,” Moskwa said.
Moskwa advocated for the capacity of underground fuel garage services in Poland from the existing 3230 million cubic meters to a total capacity of more than four billion cubic meters.
– “Rethinking Reckless Decisions”
Moskwa explained the difficulty of bringing together climate targets and emission relief plans set out through the EU’s European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in the face of the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis in Europe.
“The transformation of Polish power is a transformation of dialogue. Poland does not deny the desire to transform, maintain herbarium resources and maintain biodiversity. Politics and the transformation of Polish power, contrary to European documents, are well devised. We strongly support all those orientations, but we are still not able to locate a justification on all the dates we have on those paths, especially in the face of the war in Ukraine,” he said.
As Russia uses power as a weapon, it has stated that the transformation of power must be done regardless of the social scenario or the security of states.
He said that the purpose of protecting the planet will need to be fulfilled in a way that is appropriate for society and therefore advised that at this level of energy crisis, Poland proposes to EU partners to suspend useless climate tools and reform them.
“The ETS is immediately suspended, at least for some time, as regulations obstruct coal combustion in the EU and its use in the economy,” he said.
He added that the closure of nuclear power plants, in some cases months before winter for some countries when the complicated scenario in the EU fuel market is known, will not take place.
“We urge you to reconsider those reckless decisions that may lead to an even more serious energy crisis in the EU. If energy security is fully guaranteed, we will be in a position to cooperate in a spirit of solidarity within the existing legal framework. “” she said.