Decarbonising Central & Eastern Europe: deep dive on Poland and Romania

Episode notes

This week on Energy Transition Today, we're focusing on news and analysis from Poland and Romania ahead of our Decarbonising Central & Eastern Europe event in Warsaw on 19 March. We open with Poland's UC84 grid connection reform, the most significant regulatory intervention in the sector in years, and what its mandatory milestones, digitalisation requirements and new financial framework mean for developers and investors navigating the market. We then cover PGE's EPC contracts for a 1.2GW open cycle gas peaking portfolio across two sites, and what that long-term flexibility bet says about Poland's energy transition strategy. We also look at the EBRD's equity investment into Virya Energy's newly established Polish renewables vehicle. In the second half of the episode, we turn to Romania, with a deep dive into the country's energy transition, from coal phase-out and nuclear expansion to the CfD framework and the growing role of BESS. We examine the €150 million EC-approved grant scheme for standalone battery storage in the country, and close with Enery's €460 million financial close on one of the largest solar and BESS project in Europe.

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