Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday said the country's nuclear power program could be postponed due to the increased global importance of natural gas.

According to local media reports, Tusk said the policy change had resulted from a rise in the significance of natural gas, including domestic deposits.

There were optimistic signals on the energy market forecasting a fall in natural gas prices due to shale gas extraction and a drop in the prices of CO2 emission allowances.

Tusk stressed his stance towards nuclear power had not changed, but added he would remain flexible.

The construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant was scheduled to start in 2018 with the first power unit expected to be operational at the turn of 2023 and 2024.

The state-owned Polish Energy Group (PGE) is the main contractor of the project tasked with constructing two nuclear power plants generating 3,000 MW each.

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