Government is stacked with EU stooges, so in order to reduce coal participation in Energy generation they decided to shut down coal mines and plants instead of building alternatives. Then they went to media boasting about leading EU in reducing coal use. Czech republic suing us in EU also didn't help.

Energy sector in Poland is largely centrally planned, and democratically-driven, hence the government is quite allergic to Atom and investment money are wasted. In fact, we spend millions (if not billions) of PLN building Nuclear Power plant and I'm not sure if the government locked down building site.

A lot of coal was probably contracted abroad while prices were lower, by smarter governments and after profit margins hike by state owned businesses, in addition to CO2 emissions cost, it is very expensive to buy even if it's available.

We are basically living a Green New Deal.

EDIT: Some people are also pointing out it's a part of manufacturing consent process. Temporary shortage to make sure increased prices are easier to push. Apparently worked quite recently with sugar.

Government is stacked with EU stooges, so in order to reduce coal participation in Energy generation they decided to shut down coal mines and plants instead of building alternatives. Then they went to media boasting about leading EU in reducing coal use. Czech republic suing us in EU also didn't help.

Energy sector in Poland is largely centrally planned, and democratically-driven, hence the government is quite allergic to Atom and investment money are wasted. In fact, we spend millions (if not billions) of PLN building Nuclear Power plant and I'm not sure if the government locked down building site.

A lot of coal was probably contracted abroad while prices were lower, by smarter governments and after profit margins hike by state owned businesses, in addition to CO2 emissions cost, it is very expensive to buy even if it's available.

We are basically living a Green New Deal.