Poland Is Set To Meet its Renewable Energy Target

According to revised renewable energy sources act, the share of renewable energy in the power capacity mix of Poland  is expected to reach 39.1 percent by 2030.

Thermal power leader Poland’s capacity mix in 2018 with a 78.1 percent share, followed by renewable energy with 16.9 percent and hydropower with 5 percent, as per the GlobalData’s latest report. Wind represented a 75.5 percent share in the non-hydro renewable energy mix, followed by bio-power and solar photovoltaic (PV) with 20.9 percent and 3.6 percent.

Poland has a target of meeting 15 percent of its energy from renewables in gross final energy consumption by next year, according to Piyali Das, Power Industry analyst at GlobalData. Poland has revised its renewable energy sources act to focus on recommendations to meet its renewable energy target, she further states.

The Poland Government has extended deadlines for interconnection agreements while setting rules for the Guarantees of Origin scheme.

Das further adds, “Power traders in Poland are importing cleaner and cheaper energy from neighbouring countries to meet the country’s demand. This is piling more pressure on the high-cost of coal-fired plants and paving the way for wind energy to meet the renewable energy target.”