Coal-to-Nuclear for Poland – National Potential

Within workframe of DEsire project, Sobieski Institute has published another report: Coal-to-Nuclear for Poland – National Potential.

Decarbonization of the energy industry is one of the most important challenges of Poland’s energy policy today. In view of the growing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the country’s energy security, it is necessary to develop and implement innovative solutions to support the transition to climate neutrality. Sobieski Institute was drawing attention to the key importance of these activities as early as 2019 and 2020, in its reports SMR for Poland and Nuclear Power for Poland (available in Polish on Sobieski Insitute’s website). These publications diagnosed the scale of the challenges Poland would face when implementing nuclear technologies, and pointed to the need to adopt a comprehensive approach, including planning, organizing enterprises and financing, and developing a coherent strategy. The main overarching goal should be to create a modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy. Participation in the project “DEsire – Plan for decarbonization of the national utility power industry through modernization with nuclear reactors” and work on the Coal-to-Nuclear are a continuation of this engagement by the Sobieski Institute. The idea behind the Coal-to-Nuclear pathway is to transform the existing energy infrastructure based on coal-fired units into modern facilities using nuclear technology as part of a retrofit. This process offers a number of potential benefits, such as emission reductions, energy efficiency improvements, cost reductions and support for local economies. It is part of a just energy transition. This issue is widely discussed in the series of reports “Coal-to-Nuclear”. The purpose of this report is to identify the national potential in the area of Coal-to- -Nuclear technology deployment, based on the results of the DEsire project. The report analyzes the challenges and benefits of the energy transition. It focuses on the current state of the existing energy infrastructure and progress in the development of nuclear power in Poland, also pointing to the current European context.

Full report available via link below:
REPORT_NATIONAL_POTENTIAL_PDF

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