The Polish-Spanish seminar "Challenges for the coal industry in the EU"
On 9-10 May 2018 in Katowice, the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (RAI) together with the Polish Central Mining Institute organized a seminar entitled "Challenges for the coal industry in the EU".
The event is a result of the cooperation agreement signed by both Academies in February 2017. Discussions of Polish and Spanish researchers were initiated with messages from prof. Elżbieta Frąckowiak, Vice-President of PAS, prof. Stanisław Prusek, the General Director of CMI, and prof. Jerzy Buzek, Chair of the European Parliament Industry, Research and Energy Committee.
The representatives of Polish and Spanish companies, and researchers from PAS, Silesian University of Technology, CMI and RAI used this opportunity to present different perspectives on coal industry in Europe. The participants raised a number of issues during the working sessions including: the future of coal and clean coal technologies in the context of climate and energy policy, the need for diversification of energy sources and sustainable development of energy systems, as well as the new technological developments in Poland and in Spain. During the second day of the workshop the participants visited the technological site of the Centre of Clean Coal Technologies and the Barbara Experimental Mine in Mikołów.
prof. Elżbieta Frąckowiak, Vicepresident PAS
