Tchórzewski: Poland needs nuclear power plant

Poland needs a nuclear power plant in order to reduce CO2 emissions in its energy mix and has to take appropriate steps in the near future, Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski said in an interview with state broadcaster TVP Info. “In the nearest realistic future we will be building a nuclear plant because we simply need an emission-free power plant and we have to take this decision in the nearest future,” Tchórzewski said. Poland, however, needs to build an entirely new financing model to make it happen, as previous solutions put an excessive burden on the state. “We want it be on market terms,” Tchórzewski explained. Ministry of Energy said that a new financing program for the planned nuclear plant would be ready by end-H1 2017.