Poland snubs Macron and strikes huge nuclear energy deals with US and South Korea
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- 02 Nov 2022
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Warsaw has signed two deals with the US and South Korea to replace coal with nuclear energy. Poland wants to become a powerhouse in the production of nuclear energy and therefore reduce its dependence on coal, the highest among the countries of the European Union.
But to do this, it is not looking at its neighbour and EU partner with the most advanced atomic technology, namely France, but at the United States and North Korea.
In fact, within a few days, Warsaw signed agreements with the US Westinghouse and Seoul to build two power plants. The plan calls for a total of eight reactors to meet a third of its electricity needs by 2040.
The latest agreement was signed with South Korea for the construction of four reactors near the city of Konin, in the centre of the country.
"Nuclear energy is safe, clean and environmentally friendly," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a Facebook post. Poland depends on coal for about 70% of its electricity production, but EU sanctions on Russia have jeopardised supplies of lignite.
The other agreement signed by Warsaw concerns the construction of a power plant in the north of the country.
The work will be entrusted to the American Westinghouse, which has beaten the competition of the French EDF.
According to rumours circulating so far, the made-in-USA one will be the first Polish nuclear plant to come into operation.
Full operation is scheduled for 2033. Read More…
