Strongman, JohnPalac, RomanEftimie, Adriana2013-03-212013-03-212007-07-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12851Poland has by far the highest hard coal production of any country in the European Union and hard coal will continue to play a crucial role regarding energy security for Poland. Most importantly, hard coal can reduce both the price and supply risks for Poland associated with oil and gas imports. Poland has a number of low cost mines with good quality coal where production can be expanded so that it is feasible for coal to meet domestic demand without requiring operating support from the state budget and if the remaining restructuring of the coal mining sector is completed successfully, the sector can again become an important driver for economic development of Silesia rather than a liability. While heavy industries such as hard coal and steel will remain core industries for Silesia, they are unlikely to be sources of increased employment in future. The growth sectors for Silesia are to be found in higher technology (including coal-based technologies) and service industries. The next few years, while EU funds are available, offer Silesia a window of opportunity to develop these new sectors. It is, therefore, important that the coal industry release its surplus employees and land so that Silesia can diversify into new industries and take full advantage of EU funds while at the same time having a healthy and profitable coal industry.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOALLOCATIONALLOWANCEAPPROACHAUDITSAVAILABILITYAVERAGE COSTSAVERAGE PRICEAVERAGE PRODUCTIVITYBALANCEBOILERCAPITAL MARKETSCARBONCARBON EMISSIONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON RELEASECLEANER ENERGYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLOSED MINESCLOSURESCOALCOAL CAPACITYCOAL DEMANDCOAL EXPORTSCOAL INDUSTRYCOAL MINECOAL MINESCOAL MININGCOAL MINING INDUSTRYCOAL MINING SECTORCOAL PLANTSCOAL PRICESCOAL PRODUCERSCOAL PRODUCTIONCOAL QUALITYCOAL RESERVESCOAL SECTORCOAL SUPPLYCOAL USECOKECOKINGCOMBUSTIONCOPPERCOST OF PRODUCTIONCOST SAVINGSDAMAGESDEBTDEMAND FOR COALDEMAND FOR ENERGYDOMESTIC COALDOMESTIC PRODUCTIONDOMESTIC SUPPLYECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC INDICATORSECONOMIC PROBLEMEFFICIENCY GAINSEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSELECTRICITYELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONEMISSIONEMPLOYMENTENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY MARKETENERGY MARKETSENERGY NEEDSENERGY POLICYENERGY PRICESENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECURITYENERGY SOURCESENERGY STRATEGYENERGY SUPPLYENERGY SYSTEMENERGY SYSTEMSENERGY TECHNOLOGYENVIRONMENT PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXPENDITURESEXTREME POVERTYFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFUELFUELSGASGAS IMPORTSGAS PRICESGAS SUPPLIESGAS SUPPLYGENERATIONGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONSGEOLOGYGREEN HOUSE GASESGREEN PAPERHARD COALHEATHEAT DEMANDHIGHER BOILER EFFICIENCYHIGHER ENERGY PRICESINCOMEINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYJOBSLABOR COSTSLABOR FORCELABOR PRODUCTIVITYLIGNITELIVING CONDITIONSLOSS OF JOBSLOWER COSTSLOWER DEMANDLUMP SUMMARGINAL COSTMARKET COMPETITIONMARKET PRICESMETHANEMINE CLOSUREMINE WATERMINE WORKERSMINING AREASMINING AUTHORITYMINING COMPANIESMINING COMPANYMINING COSTSMINING DAMAGESMINING EQUIPMENTMINING INDUSTRYMINING LABORMINING LAWMINING POLICYMINING REFORMNATURAL ENVIRONMENTNATURAL GASNATURAL GAS PRICESNUCLEAR ENERGYOILOIL EQUIVALENTOIL PRICEOIL PRICESOUTSOURCINGPENALTIESPHYSICAL MINE CLOSUREPOST-CLOSUREPOWERPOWER COMPANYPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION CAPACITYPOWER SECTORPRICE OF COALPRICE VOLATILITYPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY DEMANDPRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLYPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION OF COALPRODUCTION OF ENERGYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROSTITUTIONQUALITY ENERGYRECLAMATIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESERVOIRSSAFETY STANDARDSSCENARIOSSMOKESOCIAL MITIGATIONSTEELSUBSIDENCESULFURSULFUR EMISSIONSSURFACE MINESSURFACE WORKERSSUSTAINABILITYTIMBERTOTAL CONSUMPTIONTOTAL DEMANDTRANSPORT COSTSUNCERTAINTIESUNDERGROUND COALUNDERGROUND MINEUNDERGROUND MINESUNDERGROUND MININGUNDERGROUND STORAGEUNEMPLOYMENTUTILITIESWAGESWASTEWORLD COAL CONSUMPTIONWORLD ENERGYWORLD ENERGY MARKETSWORLD ENERGY SYSTEMWorld Bank10.1596/12851