Poland will seek support for 47 projects from Juncker Fund

Minister of Development Matuesz Morawiecki said Poland will be seeking support for 47 projects, including 23 in the energy sector, worth a total of PLN 81 billion, in the frame of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported. Poland wants all four major state-controlled utilities to benefit from the program, the list of projects shows. Two projects - Tauron's PLN 1.7 billion project and PLN 0.5 billion project by railway carrier Przewozy Regionalne - have already been submitted. By the end of 2016, Poland will submit 26 projects, in 2017 it will be 17 projects and in years 2018 and 2019 one project a year.