Programme

PANEL 1: Energy Transition - Updated Goals
  • National Energy Policy – the impact of the international situation and acts of sabotage on the pace and direction of transformational change.
  • What’s next for coal-fired power? The effects of the NIS2 Directive, the REPowerEU plan, FITfor55, and the NECP on the Polish mining industry.
  • Cybersecurity – Building the resilience of energy systems to digital threats and acts of sabotage.
  • The impact of the exchange obligation on energy prices.
  • Regulatory intervention in consumer prices – market implications (short- and long-term).
  • Investments in grid expansion and modernization, operation of the power system with an increasing share of renewable energy.
  • Social impacts of the energy transition, including the implementation of the EPBD – costs to be borne by consumers.
  • The end of capacity contracts – the effects of withdrawing approximately 8 GW of coal-fired capacity from the market.
  • Renewable energy – the scale of projects planned for 2026, investment and market conditions.
  • Offshore and onshore – project status, key investors, and the wind energy supply chain.
  • Nuclear energy – a new chapter, advancement of large-scale projects and SMR technology.
  • Financing the energy transition – scale and challenges.
PANEL 2: Gas as a Primary Transition Fuel
  • A new perspective for coal-fired energy (revision of the coal phaseout plan).
  • The gas market in Poland – import directions, strategic alliances, development prospects in the context of replacing coal sources.
  • Key investment projects for the Polish fuel and gas market. Priorities in the expansion of the gas transmission and distribution network, FSRU terminals.
  • Gas storage infrastructure – prospective scale of needs.
PANEL 3: Biogas and biomethane – an element of building an effective distributed energy sector
  • Regulatory environment, certification, and guarantees of origin for biomethane in Poland.
  • Biogas plant business models – investment scale and technical conditions (agricultural and industrial installations).
  • Biomethane as an alternative to zero-emission transport – biogas upgrading installations and services.
  • Investment financing and subsidies from national and EU funds for biogas plants.
  • Opportunities and opportunities for biomethane in the distribution network – as a key element of the green energy transition.
PANEL 4: Clean energy - strategic projects and investments
  • A new perspective for renewable energy – the scale of projects for 2025 – the prosumer and professional markets.
  • Development prospects for the renewable energy market in the context of EU policy towards China.
  • Renewable energy projects as a promising solution for local heating plants and local governments (Green Urban Transformation).
  • Are energy prices a key factor determining the development of renewable energy?
  • Distribution networks – the necessary scale of investment for renewable energy development.
PANEL 5: Security and resilience of critical infrastructure in the context of modern threats
  • Cybersecurity of energy infrastructure.
  • Artificial intelligence in the service of the energy sector – implementation examples in operational projects (security, customer service, market analysis, industrial process optimization).
  • How to build resilience of critical infrastructure against environmental and subversive threats – conclusions, recommendations, investment priorities.
  • Legal regulations and human resources potential in the AI ​​and cyber sectors.
  • Financing of Polish research and development projects in the AI ​​and cyber sectors.
PANEL 6: Onshore and offshore projects
  • A new perspective for wind energy.
  • Challenges for distribution – proposed systemic and legislative solutions.
  • Key investment projects for the Polish offshore and onshore markets.
  • Storage infrastructure and its impact on the development of the renewable energy market, challenges related to connecting storage facilities to the grid.
  • Financing wind investments, the participation of the Polish industry in offshore and onshore projects.
PANEL 7: Evolution of the heat and cogeneration market
  • Cogeneration in the European Green Deal: RED II.
  • Using geothermal energy as an alternative to burning fossil fuels.
  • The role of gas in district and individual heating.
  • Utilization of waste heat.
  • Is there a place for nuclear technologies in heating?
  • The scale of development of prosumer systems and its impact on heating.
  • Small heating units managed by local governments – the costs of phasing out coal.
  • Heat storage and its importance for increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions in Polish heating.
  • Hydrogen in heating installations.
PANEL 8: Energy Storage
  • Heat storage and its importance for increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions in Polish heating.
  • Large-scale energy storage – grid stabilization and large-scale PV installations.
  • Small-scale energy storage for prosumers – challenges, costs, and efficiency.
  • Energy storage as an integral element of the energy transition and renewable energy development – ​​energy balance, efficiency, and energy management in spades.
  • Updating the legal and regulatory environment for renewable energy development – ​​a component related to energy storage.
  • Energy storage as an integral element of the electric vehicle charging system.
PANEL 9: Horizon 2050: Development, Investment, Innovation
  • New programs in the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management’s portfolio for the sector.
  • Fit for 55 – long-term implications for industry.
  • Moving away from coal – effects on the sector and industry.
  • Energy investments – key development trends, project financing, investment barriers.
  • Start-up Program as a source of innovation – how Polish companies have leveraged the market’s potential and know-how.
  • Electromobility – have Poles embraced EVs? Market dynamics.
  • Charging infrastructure development strategy – do current regulations stimulate infrastructure development?
  • Hydrogen as a primary fuel, storage, or energy carrier?
  • Energy clusters – a new chapter.
  • Energy efficiency as an integral element of the transformation.
PANEL 10: Nuclear energy – a key element of the energy transformation
  • The Polish Nuclear Power Program – are we closer to project implementation? Regulatory risks.
  • Polish companies in the process of building nuclear infrastructure – market expectations.
  • Will nuclear power lower energy prices?
  • International cooperation with technological and financial partners.
  • SMRs – small reactors – great opportunities for cities and energy-intensive industries.
End of the 26th edition of the POWERPOL Congress

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