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Poland and Germany have agreed to intensify their cooperation on energy policy through joint projects on energy efficiency, renewables, infrastructure and the energy market design. 鈥淭he energy transition cannot work without European collaboration,鈥� the two countries鈥� energy agencies, Germany's dena and Poland's KAPE, said in a . Europe鈥檚 energy transition 鈥渋s a mammoth task鈥� that requires a profound 鈥渞ethinking鈥� in many areas, dena鈥檚 Kristina Haverkamp said. She said a focus of the agreed cooperation would be a deeper involvement of local populations in energy transition projects. KAPE head Sebastian Bodentza said the essence of the energy transition would be 鈥渢he implementation of complex tasks,鈥� for which a close cooperation based on mutual trust is a prerequisite. 鈥淭he partnership of Poland鈥檚 and Germany鈥檚 energy agency allows to gain a better understanding of each other鈥檚 challenges, and to respond in a faster and more targeted fashion,鈥� he added.

In 2021, the two countries had already agreed on launching a joint energy platform. Both governments are also working on a concept for a 鈥渃ross-border energy region鈥� comprising western Poland and eastern Germany, and are preparing to hold a joint energy transition forum in Warsaw early next year. While Germany and Poland already trade energy at a large scale and cooperate on the energy transition at many levels, from small local initiatives to the broader EU framework, energy policy has often been a source of disputes between the governments in Warsaw and Berlin. Poland has been among the most vocal critics of Germany鈥檚 former intensive energy trading partnership with Russia, and was one of the staunchest opponents of the contentious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, a project launched after Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine鈥檚 Crimea Peninsula in 2014. On the other hand, Germany鈥檚 government has taken issue with Poland鈥檚 ambitions to ramp up coal mining in the border region and its reluctance to commit to coal power phase-out goals.