My comparative review of eight Polish municipal projects purchasing hydrogen buses under the EU-funded Green Public Transport program reveals a systemic failure to apply the Energy Efficiency First (EE1st) principle. Seven out of eight cities skipped any energy or cost-efficiency comparison with battery-electric buses (BEVs), even though EU law explicitly … [continued]
The European Commission’s latest funding decision for alternative fuels infrastructure landed with a strange twist. On paper, the bloc approved support for 38 new hydrogen refueling stations spread across the continent. In practice, almost all of them are going to a single country. Spain secured roughly four out of five … [continued]
Lyten announces it has completed the acquisition of Northvolt Dwa in Gdańsk, Poland, the largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) manufacturing facility in Europe. Lyten is immediately restarting production and product development from Northvolt Dwa and targets sales before year end. Lyten is on track to complete the acquisition of … [continued]
Poland stands at a crossroads in its energy transition, with decisions today shaping its economy and security for decades to come. The government has committed to building 6 to 9 GW of nuclear power, beginning with three AP1000 reactors on the Baltic coast, but delays and financing uncertainty already suggest … [continued]
Development of EV charging infrastructure in Central-Eastern Europe — is it rapid enough? In order to answer this question, let’s have a detailed look at the biggest market of Central-Eastern Europe. As of spring 2025, Poland has about 9,300 publicly accessible charging points, nearly 3,000 of which are fast DC … [continued]
· NIO plans to expand into Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, and Romania as the next step in its European growth journey. · NIO introduces a multi-brand offering with NIO and firefly to reach new user groups. · Partnerships with local distributor groups set the foundation for expansion. Munich, Germany— NIO, … [continued]
Poland’s energy story is both a cautionary tale and an inspiring narrative about how a nation heavily dependent on coal has managed to diversify its energy mix significantly within just a few decades. Back in 1990, Poland was essentially synonymous with coal energy, relying on it for nearly three-quarters of … [continued]
I just wrote an article about how much China dominates the world solar PV market. Though, looking through the Snapshot of Global PV Markets report from the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Program (IEA PVPS), a few other charts stood out to me at least as much as the … [continued]
XPENG continues its broad, rapid expansion around the globe, perhaps not as fast as BYD, but not too far behind. The latest market XPENG has entered is a close one to me. It’s Poland, which is where my wife is from, where I lived for 11 years, and where my … [continued]
On March 3, 2025, all 25 hydrogen-powered Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen buses operated by MPK Poznań were abruptly withdrawn from service. This decision followed onboard diagnostic systems detecting unexpected malfunctions across the entire fleet. The affected buses had been refueled at a public hydrogen station in Poznań, supplied by … [continued]
