PGE after new lignite mining concessions
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PGE, Poland’s largest utility, is after two new lignite mining concessions, the company informed a parliamentary energy committee, Tuesday.
Speaking to MPs, Dariusz Marzec, PGE’s deputy CEO for development, said that lignite is the cheapest and most efficient source of energy in relation to CO2 emission quotas. On the other hand, Marzec said, a risk to the development could be the government’s climate policy.
Currently, PGE is filing for a concession for the Złoczew deposit near Bełchatów, which contains 500 million metric tons of the fuel. If the concession was granted in 2015-16, Marzec said, extraction could start within 10-13 years.
The other concession PGE is after is in Gubin i the Lubuskie voivodship, where deposits amount to around 800 million tons.
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