Coal Brief: monthly data on coal mining in Poland. Nov. 2024

In the middle of each month, we publish a set of key statistics on coal mining in Poland on our blog and X (Twitter). The data is published with a 1.5-month delay, following announcements by the Energy Market Agency and the Industrial Development Agency, Katowice Branch. To begin with, let’s take a look at how […]
Coal Brief – October 2024

In the middle of each month, we publish a set of key statistics on the coal market in Poland on our blog and X platform. The data is published with a 1.5-month delay, following announcements by the Energy Market Agency and the Industrial Development Agency, Katowice Branch. To begin with, let’s take a look at how […]
Coal Brief – September 2024

In the middle of each month, we publish a set of key statistics on the coal market in Poland on our blog and X platform. The data is published with a 1.5-month delay, following announcements by the Energy Market Agency and the Industrial Development Agency, Katowice Branch. To begin with, let’s take a look at how […]
November update of the website

The energy.instrat.pl platform was updated on 7th November 2024. Below is a summary of the most important recent changes, deployed either in the update or in the preceding weeks, as described in other blog posts. New data on page: Browser of energy transition scenarios from Instrat’s modelling – November 2024 New power plant database – […]
Instrat’s modelling results now available on the platform
We are pleased to announce the biggest and most significant update to our data platform since its launch: a new section dedicated to visualisations of the development paths of various energy-related sectors. Entitled ‘Transformation Scenarios’, the section includes key visualisations from Instrat’s modelling project, which explores energy transition scenarios in Poland. The visualisations are grouped […]
Coal Brief – August 2024

In the middle of each month, we publish a set of key statistics on the coal market in Poland on our blog and X (Twitter). The data is published with a 1.5-month delay, following announcements by the Energy Market Agency and the Industrial Development Agency, Katowice Branch. Hover over the charts to display the data […]
Issues with electrical system data

We want to inform you that “live” data on the Polish electricity system, i.e. hourly and daily data (including electricity production by different sources), will not work correctly on our platform until further notice. The reason for this is extensive changes to the data sharing system by PSE (Transmission System Operator in Poland) in connection […]
Changes in datetime format in downloaded files

We want to inform you that we have recently been improving how we process hours and time zones for data downloaded ‘live’, such as energy production, power demand or energy prices. The action aims to reduce the risk of errors when changing times, merging formats from different institutions or finally adding data from other countries […]
April update of the website

Only a month has passed since the previous update, but we haven’t been idle during this time. On April 16, another platform update appeared on the website. Changes include one new chart, few minor corrections and optimizations to the site’s performance. In the meantime, two Coal Briefs have also been published (for January and February […]
Coal mining in Poland in 2023
Poland’s energy sector is increasingly relying on wind and solar power and to some extent on gas. 2023 again proved that the big shift is underway. Let’s see how this affects the figures for Polish coal mining industry. Electricity production In 2023, the production of hard coal power plants was the lowest so far this […]