Tchórzewski: the nuclear plant will be built

Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski said that he is confident that Poland will build its first nuclear power plant, and is close to picking the investment’s financing model. “I’m 90 percent certain that its construction will be launched during my tenure,” he said. Poland needs the plant to improve its energy mix, currently based on coal, he explained. The financial model must be approved the energy office and it is up to the government to greenlight its construction. Afterward, a technology provider will have to be chosen, which would happen sometimes in 2019, provided that the choice is made in 2018. Poland wants to have 4.5 GW nuclear power capacity by 2040. The ministry estimates the cost of the plant at PLN 60 billion.