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RENEWABLE ENERGY
IN POLAND
PATH TO LOW-EMISSION ECONOMY
Marek Józefiak, climate and energy campaigner
Polish Green Network
Agenda:
1. Context
2. Renewable energy sector in Poland
3. Lessons learned/challenges
Context:
•
80’s – Poland – land of natural
disasters
•
One of the most polluted
countries in the World
•
Only 11% of forests were healthy
•
Doctrine of „non-productive
installations”
•
Energy sector played big part
•
Huge losses (5-10% of GDP, poor
public health)
Sowie Mts, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Poland & Mongolia: brothers in coal
Source: 2050.pl report
Yet, rapid development of RES in Poland:
• 2005: 7% >> 2013: 11,3% >> 2020: 15%
• 2014: 6 GW installed
• Biomass primary RES
• Wind energy on the rise (3.8 GW)
• Green Certificates to be replaced
by auction system + FiT
Challenges/lessons learned:
1. Legal environment needs to be stable
2. Downsides of green certificates
- Well-suited for wind, too high for co-firing of
biomass
- Co-firing in over 60% of Polish coal power plants
(20GW out of 30)
- Oversupply of green energy >> prices of certificates dropped
- Many technologies became less profitable. Big investment risk
Challenges/lessons learned:
3. Support for co-firing decreased in new Bill
4. Problem of „virtual”, potential RES
- New investments are blocked by projects
which are unlikely to be carried out
5. New Bill on RES: auction system + FiT
- May competition go too far?
- FiT – controversy over prices
- Microinstallations: big potential for PV
RES as a path to innovative, lowemission economy:
Rapid economic
growth
Innovations
Eco-innovations
Efficient use of
available resources
and labour
Resource efficiency, green
jobs, improved health
Institutions
Predictable environment for
low-emission investments
Modern,
developed,
low-emission
economy
Source: 2050.pl report
BAYARLALAA!
(THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION)
Marek Józefiak, climate and energy campaigner
Polish Green Network
Email: marekjozefiak@zielonasiec.pl