Security factor in discussion on the role of Indigenous Coal Endowment in Poland’s energy policy

• Authors: Hacaga Maciej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Security is one of the most important factors in Polish debate on both, energy and foreign policies. Under its influence the proposed future shape of Polish electricity system is to be continuation of the present coal-based quasiautarchic one. The paper investigates historical factors that make Polish elites so much attached to the idea of energy policy based on striving full energy independence and concludes presenting threats arising from such policy.

Keywords

EN

coal; energy policy; energy security; energy independence; geopolitics

• Publisher: European Association for Security
• Journal: Securitologia
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1 (23)
• Pages: 147-157

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Hacaga Maciej

• The Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0009.5270