Poland has approached the European Commission with a proposal to supply Ukraine with energy produced from Polish coal, provided that the country does not pay for emissions. This was stated by the Speaker of the European Commission, Tim McPhee, in an interview with PAP.
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According to him, the Polish authorities approached the Commission with a request to hold a meeting to discuss this issue.< /p>
However, electricity produced by power plants in the EU and supplied to Ukraine is subject to the usual rules of the trading system: power plants must surrender allowances and therefore pay for these emissions.
McPhee added that The European Commission remains in favor of supporting Ukraine's energy system over the next winter, but would not like to speculate on the Polish idea because it does not know the details.
According to the speaker, the European Commission is focused on increasing Ukraine's export capacity; The synchronization of the EU and Ukraine's power grids occurred immediately after Russia began its invasion in February 2022.
On Friday, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita wrote that the EC has not yet supported Tusk's idea to burn Polish coal for the needs of Ukraine for European money.
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Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk said that the country's government is working to ensure that Polish coal power plants generate energy for the needs of Ukraine.
