Pawel Czyzak

Oct 25, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Michał Kurtyka |Sergiy Makogon |Daniel Stein |Pawel Czyzak

Hungary’s largest oil and gas company, MOL, has announced a deal with Lukoil to resume the transit of Russian oil to Hungary through Ukraine. By purchasing Russian oil at the Belarus-Ukraine border, MOL effectively takes legal ownership of the oil before it reaches Ukrainian territory. While this allows MOL to avoid sanctions imposed by Ukraine on the Russian oil producer, it undermines Europe’s collective action against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

Sep 16, 2024 | ceenergynews.com | Pawel Czyzak

This opinion editorial was co-authored by Tatiana Mindekova, Policy Advisor at Ember. Agrivoltaics, or agri-PV, presents a unique opportunity to address two key challenges in Europe: energy transition and food security. Agri-PV combines agricultural production with solar electricity generation and is gaining attention across the EU, yet it still remains underdeveloped in Central European countries such as Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

Jun 14, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Elena Benaim |Olga Khakova |Pawel Czyzak |Nolan Theisen

The last European Parliament governed as Europe’s energy system withstood unprecedent shocks to global markets and the economy. The shocks were numerous and severe: from negative pricing during the COVID-19 pandemic to all time-high energy costs following Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; from tensions in the Middle East and cyber and kinetic attacks on energy infrastructure to extreme weather events made more severe by climate change.

May 23, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Pawel Czyzak |Nolan Theisen |Olga Khakova |Paddy Ryan

Leaders at the ninth Three Seas Summit and Business Forum, held in Vilnius in April, raised the need for creating a permanent body that would institutionalize regional cooperation on digital, transport, and energy integration. While there is little disagreement among participating countries that such an office is needed, their views diverge on the location of this coordinating body, reporting structure, and coverage of its operating costs.

May 3, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Pawel Czyzak |Nolan Theisen |Svitlana Romanko |Oleh Savytskyi

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) met in Turin, Italy, on the 29th and 30th of April for the first time since the United Nation climate summit in Dubai. Two days of discussion at the Climate, Energy, and Environment Ministerial meeting resulted in a series of shared commitments to address climate change and energy security. The 35-page long joint communiqué includes a historic pledge to phase out coal power plants by 2035.