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On\n May 15, the PGE plans to open a new unit (496 MW) at the Tur\u00f3w power \nplant in Bogatynia. This is the last lignite-fired unit to be built in \nPoland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite\n the use of modern technology, this unit will still emit carbon dioxide –\n about 2.7 million tons per year. Its negative impact on climate change \nis contrary to the idea of the European Green Deal, which is currently \nbeing implemented in the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n –\n “PGE, as an important state employer in the region, should develop an \nemployment model after an earlier (than assumed) closure of the lignite \nmine and power plant. It should also provide a real date of coal \nphase-out, faster than 2044.” – explains Katarzyna Kubiczek from the \nEcological Association EKO-UNIA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At\n the end of April, the Minister of Climate and Environment, Micha\u0142 \nKurtyka, extended the mine license in Tur\u00f3w until 2044. In practice, \nthis decision excludes the entire Zgorzelec region from accessing EU \nfunds for the just transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\n European Union’s aid from the Just Transition Fund for the Zgorzelec \nregion would amount to approximately 1 billion PLN. The fund would also \nlaunch multi-million loans for business and local governments. There are\n also other, bigger funds on the horizon that could support employees \nand residents of the Zgorzelec region in transformation, such as \nEuropean Reconstruction Fund or polish national funds from programs like\n \u201cClean Air\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n –\n “It should be the society who benefits from the just transition, not \nthe concern itself. In the longer term, PGE wants to get rid of \ncoal-fired power plants, including Tur\u00f3w, and hand them over to the NABE\n (National Energy Security Agency) which will result in dropping the \nresponsibility for being stuck in unprofitable coal technology. And the \nassociated costs will be paid by society. A transfer to NABE also raises\n many questions about post-mining recultivation. Who will take care of \nit?” – Katarzyna Kubiczek asks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On May 15, the PGE plans to open a new unit (496 MW) at the Tur\u00f3w power plant in Bogatynia. This is the last lignite-fired unit to be built in Poland. Despite the use of modern technology, this unit will still emit carbon dioxide – about 2.7 million tons per year. Its negative impact on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94,93],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17600,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17599\/revisions\/17600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eko-unia.org.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}