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Construction work on the third terminal at the Baltic Hub in Gdansk continues to be supervised. The expansion of the Baltic Hub by T3 will allow it to increase its capacity and handle ultra-large container vessels. Ania, who acts as a social expert on the project, has just started another ‘business visit’. This time we are focusing on verifying how the project affects local businesses and tourists. In addition to this, we are looking forward to continuing to verify that the project meets the requirements of the EBRD, Polish law and international standards with regard to the workers employed on site. We are working!

Photo by Andrzej Otrębski (view from the John Paul II Bridge)

“Regulating the nuclear sector. Nuclear law” is an article in the #AtomInAction series, which we write together with energy experts from Deloitte. Together, we will present the subject of atomic energy in terms of technology, implementation and occupational safety.

In the introduction of the article reads: “The nuclear sector, understood as an activity involving exposure to ionizing radiation, is subject to strict regulation because the risks it entails are very specific and nuclear technologies often have dual civilian and military applications. It is therefore recognized that the conduct of activities involving exposure to ionizing radiation requires specialized regulation to take advantage of the advantages of nuclear technologies (nuclear medicine, production of isotopes for medicine, diagnostics, energy production and many others) while safeguarding the potential risks of dual use and the danger of these technologies or the products produced by their use being taken over by undesirable persons or entities. In Poland, a draft law on the preparation and realization of investments in nuclear energy facilities and accompanying investments has recently been reviewed, resulting in an amendment to the so-called the nuclear special act, which entered into force on 13 April 2023.”

“Given the scope of the analyses, which overlap in many areas in the case of location studies (for the location decision) and environmental studies (for the environmental decision), their conduct takes place in parallel and is closely linked. In practice, the first more important administrative process for a nuclear power plant is to obtain an environmental decision, followed by a location decision. The impact report and the environmental decision have to be obtained earlier and are attachments to the application for a decision on the location of the construction of a nuclear power plant” – writes Dr Przemysław Żydak.

The full article is available on Deloitte website.

In recent days, our team participated in a quick and short, but intensive project involving the preparation of a Livelihood Restoration Framework in connection with the construction of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The work took into account the requirements of EBRD (PR 5), IFC (PS 5) and EIB (Standard 6) policies. It was commissioned by Baltic Power and was carried out by Frédéric Giovannetti, an expert in the field, with measurable support from the Sotis Advisors team.  
We hope to have contributed to the development of wind farms in the Baltic Sea with due respect for the local fishing community. There is an opportunity for the project – the EBRD is considering participating in co-financing this investment.