Discussion Panel: Green or Black? Coal versus Renewables. Central European Point of View
The transition from the conventional energy sources into renewable energy is a long–term, complex and cost–intensive process requiring huge financial expenditure and readiness to the coal sector restructuralisation along with a long term and consequent state energy policy. The conclusion is that the coal will remain the main energy source in Poland and the whole CEE region for the next few years. Is the mining industry „idol with feet of clay” or an undiscovered potential requiring deep structural reforms?
Moderator:Przemyslaw Vonau, Managing Director, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Poland
Speakers:
Christian Heintze, Attorney, BBL Bernsau Brockdorff & Partner, Germany
Christian Hey, Secretary General, German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU), Germany
Pawel Kuglarz, Partner, Attorney–at–Law, WOLF THEISS P. Daszkowski, Poland
Jerzy Podsiadlo, President of the Board, Węglokoks S.A., Poland
Marcin Prusak, Deputy Head of Corporate Banking Division, DNB Bank Polska S.A., Poland
Konrad Szymanski, MEP, European Parliament, Poland
Commentator:Mariusz Filipowicz, Head of Department, AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland
Jaroslav Mil, Honorary President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic