The Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences was founded in 1985. The Institute is a scientific and research unit involved in interdisciplinary research connected with a wide range of issues regarding mineral resources and the energy economy. The scope of the Institute's activities encompasses feasibility studies regarding resource extraction, the documenting, management, processing, ecology and economic assessment of the Polish mineral and energy sectors in relation to international and regional markets, deposit and financial modelling, the maintenance of databases on mineral production statistics and carrying out forecasts.

Main Research Areas:

• Polish mineral resources
• Geodynamic synoptic and geothermics of Polish geostructural basins
• Development of information systems for the purpose of forecasting development of the mineral resources economy
• Fuels and energy economics
• Regionalisation of Polish energy policy under economic and ecologic considerations
• Industrial waste storage in exhausted mine sites and management of municipal waste
• Sustainable development of Polish regions

The scope of Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute research and expertise encompasses:

• The mineral resources economy, including energy resources, from exploration to utilisation
• Optimisation models for decision support for restructuring the mining industry
• Geothermal water deposits in different regions of Poland and the analysis of geothermal water utilisation in cities and commune management plans
• Solar energy
• CO2 underground storage
• The recognition of occurrence of HDR areas in Poland
• Prices for energy resources and energy
• Municipal waste management
• Regionalisation of domestic energy policy with consideration of economic and ecological factors
• Sustainable development of selected regions of Poland
• The ability to publish manuals, monographs, books and periodicals at the Institute publishing house

Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute - Polish Academy of Sciences

Wybickiego 7, 30-950 Cracow 65, PO BOX 49, POLAND

www.min-pan.krakow.pl

www.min-pan.krakow.pl/zaklady/tark

www.min-pan.krakow.pl/~radek/

www.min-pan.krakow.pl/~umb/

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