Polish natural gas industry poised for growth when relaxed regulatory hurdles

Poland's natural gas sector is in its infancy, but the industry is ready for explosive growth in the coming years. At least 300 agricultural plants are thought to an advanced stage of planning will be, and the Polish Government seeks an ambitious intake of 2500 projects by 2020. A huge resource potential and an attractive system for pipeline gas, electricity, heat, cogeneration biogas plants made the Polish way present alerted companies in more saturated European markets. I recently caught with three speakers on which the growth of the Polish industry serves upcoming bio-gas Poland Conference that timely meeting place for industry work towards parties on.

Grzegorz is the President of Poldanor, the first agricultural biogas plant built in Poland in 2005 and currently 8 plants of the capacity 7.4 MWe, about 40% of the total production capacity in agricultural biogas in Poland. Norbert Kurczyna is the waste management Department of the city. The city began landfill biogas plant in 1996. It what such Thirdly, companies in Poland and currently one of the largest in the country. Jagoda Sumicka is trade policy analyst in the trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD.

Regulatory obstacles

Poland's small level of development regulatory factors can be attributed to. "Biogas projects, such as other projects of RES by unclear rules and different interpretations of various authorities, be prevented," said Brodziak. "Problems with the connection to the network, long investment procedures and often protests of local communities arise from lack of knowledge about the industry face are the challenges that every investor in the industry has probably.""A well-prepared education initiative is the company which is dominant on the attitude of local and regional authorities in some circles required to change negative attitudes towards biogas."

Regulatory issues relate to the growth of the landfill and municipal projects. "The plans for the construction of waste incineration plants are an impairment of the landfill biogas plants factor." In the present proposal amending the waste Act, there is a provision that the thermal treatment of MSW is the goal of energy recovery, and this is the process for waste recycling "Posen of Kurczyna noticed." "Such a legacy is not communities motivate systems for selective collection of bio-waste, such as to create: food and kitchen waste from households;" Gastronomy and catering; Retail unit; "Companies produce or sell food."

He introducing the European Commission set goals added, relating to the selective collection and bio-waste treatment associated, could improve the situation. "Such a system of the collection with new units, powered by natural gas in anaerobic digestion plant for food and cuisine created the replacement of existing electricity from biogas landfill would result in losing."

Great potential for the future

Jagoda Sumicka the future of the industry on the development of biogas plants perceived set. "Currently Poland uses to produce about 2 percent of the potential for biogas from agricultural waste." "This potential can be used extensively but only if the industry can overcome considerable and unfortunately especially bureaucratic obstacles to investment."

Poldanor Brodziak develop stated, an optimum size for biogas plants the answer could for the scale of the industry. "The recent proposal for a new law on RES in Poland promotes so-called micro biogas plants." Seven years experience in the operation of biogas plants I have an opinion that could 1 MWe plants are considered optimal size and capacity both in terms of the practical operational aspects and in particular on the profitability. I expect that we see a number of projects with capacity approx. 1 MW and larger. "

For landfill biogas projects, the situation is slightly different. Kurczyna explains: "in the last years, the difficulties in the development was more biogas plants, that it too many small and medium-sized sites." Most of them are too small to be biogas, to receive, which makes it impossible to either use them to burn.

United States Northeast refineries prepare close as gas prices soar

The cost of gasoline at the pump rise should have begun continues its upward trend after refineries in northeastern United States shut down or declare shutdown dates because of lost revenue. While gas prices rose an additional 6% have to benefit refiners not on these higher prices in February.

According to the Wall Street Journal Philadelphia-based Sunoco closes its largest refinery in the region in July probably boosted leading gasoline prices.

In the defense of the Sunoco close plants, a spokesperson stated:

"Our Northeast refining business almost one billion dollars lost in the last three years, and these losses have threatened Sunoco of existence as a company."

In the meantime Mideast tensions, particularly in the Iran, along with a rising global demand for oil has not helped production facilities. Refineries in the northeast United States expressly not the equipment processing of lower quality, cheaper and a lack of oil pipelines in the region access to cheaper requires expensive to procure crude oil.

As if the national and international problems still weren't enough, have rules and Government regulations increasingly strict EPA difficulty for some refineries to work while efficiently is still turning a profit is made.

In combination with increasing gas demand in the summer, which expected the closure of refineries slide for gas costs about $5 per gallon mark time come the summer.

You think the closure of several refineries could have been avoided, and can even helped have gas prices if pipelines were approved and the EPA was forced back a bit turn off?

Gas pipeline Butler spread Worres Marcellus outreach

A Butler County Community group against Marcellus slate natural gas drilling will leaders know that it has concerns about the potential for gas pipelines, the landscape of crosshatch elected.

Marcellus outreach asks Butler (MOB) with concerns about the potential number of lines and how closely it to write, call or visit the politicians at all levels are regulated.

An official with the organization that the approximately 40 people, said "This is part of the structure of the entire Marcellus shale (game)," Diane Arnold, an informative meeting public library Saturday at Butler visited.

Members of the Group discussed their fears over thousands of kilometers of pipeline traversing the State, argue the lines not good enough are regulated.

"We move from a rural area in an industrial zone," Arnold said.

MOB plans two events to mark his mission. The first, Marcellus infrastructure counter Summit happened Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Designed the second, is a bicycle tour, the anti Marcellus awareness movement, occurs over two weeks in July.

Tuesday event is contrary to the Marcellus midstream Conference that Monday will be held Wednesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The Marcellus Summit begins at 4 P.m. at the Smithfield United Church of Christ, according to MOB members.

MOB to stage plans of his bicycle tour from July 14 to 28 July. Known as the "tour de tails", starts participants of of driving in Butler and end in Washington, D.C.

Natural gas industry pins hopes on coal the decline

By Simone Sebastian
Houston Chronicle

The haste that promises a century the nation energy with heating oil supply drilling natural gas is a critical element is missing:

Demand.

Technology that buried fossil fuels allows a hole has frenzy in Slate rock regions, including North Texas Barnett Shale, pushing the supply of natural gas at a record high and its prices to sinus of cavernous lows drills on tight. But consumer desire for fuel have slowed down heat energy-efficient buildings and a mild autumn in the North.

"There is a lot of gas in the market now, to go but not many places," said Bruce McDowell, Director of policy analysis for the American Gas Association.

Increasingly, industry observers say, is the most promising cure for the glow of the waning popularity of coal. The Federal push to limit emissions has search utilities for low-cost alternative to traditional coal-fired plants.

"We have to find a way, use to increase for natural gas," said McDowell. "Power generation is the obvious choice."

Since 2008 the price of natural gas decreased thermal Friday units on $3.11 at close of trading from its high of $13.58 per million British. Natural gas undertakings include chills on December demand and prices drive.

But this year the cold weather season started with a record high supply of natural gas in the market, while heating needs have remained so far low, Alan Lammey said energy markets, lead analyst for WeatherBell analytics.

The circumstances are not isolated. The United States on natural gas heating for years, cooling was as offices and homes more energy efficient.

The number of oil rigs in the North American gas fields has fallen 14 percent last year dropped to 802, according to Baker Hughes, the rig is tracked. But there are signs that gas at the dawn of a golden age.

Political pressure is driving power generators burn cleaner to look at natural gas as an alternative to coal.

$9 for a gallon a gas in Alaska? What is the cost in your country?

A story last week reported that one might consider residents of Nome, Alaska, costly winter: $9 a gallon gasoline. The message has some 3,500 residents legally, in the coastal town of freaked out.

"It is going to kill us," said sunny song, owner of Mr.. cab, the children to school ferries, to give birth hospitals nurses of their houses and women patients.

According to the associated press report, a barge get usually carrying fuel from the banks prevents a winter storm. The most likely plan is it in fly, but it would be costly and could be a logistical nightmare.

A gallon gasoline was sold for $5.98 per gallon last week. Delivery on the next barge would be not until June of next year. In the meantime said flying fuel in the city that could increase costs per gallon from $3 to $4, officials.

Put that in context, the average price of a gallon gasoline in New York is about $3.60. In Missouri, it is only $3.017.

See what is the price at the pump in the neck of the Woods, AAA of the updated chart.

B.C. residents to $5 K in clean energy cars

B.C. residents get 1 up to $5,000 from the sticker price of a legitimate clean energy vehicle from Dec.

Environment Minister Terry Lake said Saturday that the discount includes qualified new vehicles, the electrical battery, fuel cell-electric, hybrid electric plug in and those who work with compressed natural gas.

Andrea Mercer, a spokeswoman of the Ministry, said that it currently up to 30 vehicles for fleets Basso continuo, and 10 to 20 for residential use.

During the 17 - million-dollar program, the province is funding for new charge also providing stations and updated on hydrogen refuelling stations in our sites.

House and homeowners who want to install charger get a mail-in rebate of $500 for eligible units, beginning December 1.

Mercer said home charging stations cost up to $1,500 and the Environment Ministry will publish a list of qualified providers and eligible.

"Be installed in your garage, or they can outside, depending on what is your Setup provided."
Hydro low cost

Similar discount programs on vehicles and charging stations are in Quebec and Ontario, she said, adding that both provinces provide only E-mail-in for clean energy new vehicles discounts.

Blair Qualey, President of the new car dealers Association of b.c.., said that the sector with automakers to new clean energy vehicles market has worked on the province.

"Vehicles, who searched for the rebate expected to be less than $300 a year in hydro costs above $1,500 per year to a gas-powered car fuel,", he said.

On Saturday, the scrap-it program was also expanded, so that qualified 1995 or older can get rid of the pass, car sharing memberships, or $300 more British Columbians gas guzzlers for incentives, such as bus.