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The Ministry of Climate presented a new draft of the National Energy and Climate Plan. The share of renewable energy in the power industry is to increase to 56% in 2030.
According to the scenario presented by the Ministry, 29 GW of solar energy is to be installed in Poland by 2030. By 2040, this capacity is to increase to 46.2 GW.
In order to achieve this goal, investments in the power system are necessary. In total, PLN 1.2 trillion has been earmarked for the largest investments in the power industry – transmission, distribution, capacity – in the years 2021-2040.
The draft of the National Energy and Climate Plan will soon be published for consultation. Its adoption and sending to Brussels is planned by the end of the year.
In 2022, hard coal for the first time was overtaken by solar energy in electricity generation in the European Union – according to Eurostat. The proportion of solar energy in the EU’s total electricity production was 210 249 GWh compared with 205 693 GWh for hard coal.
Source: Eurostat
The 5th edition of the Congress PV took place on May 27-28, at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw. In total, the two-day event gathered approximately one thousand participants. Special thanks go to our Partners – without whom organizing such a large event would not be possible, and to the Speakers – whose presence guaranteed the substantive quality of the discussion.
The President of the Energy Regulatory Office published Information No. 15/2024 regarding the issues causing the most frequent doubts in the area of connection to the grid, including the possibility of using the so-called cable pooling. The Polish Photovoltaics Association, as part of the work of the Working Group on Technical Requirements, together with other industry organizations and experts, conducts a dialogue with the President of the Energy Regulatory Office and relevant government administration agencies regarding increasing the possibilities of connecting new installations to the grid and is working on proposals for regulations in this area.
On March 27, a meeting of representatives of grid operators, the Ministry of Climate and Environment, with organizations from the renewable energy sector was held at the headquarters of the Energy Regulatory Office. PSF was represented by President Ewa Magiera and Vice-Presidents Szymon Witoszek and Jacek Kosakowski. The demands formulated by industry representatives towards operators and administration authorities included, among others: current and more detailed publication of information about available capacities by operators, unification of the methodology and transparent carrying out of expert assessments of the impact on the network, electronization of the connection procedure, and clarification of regulations regarding the direct line and the so-called cable pooling. Network operators, with the support of the President of the Energy Regulatory Office, also expressed their will to create OSE and investor expert teams, within which individual issues regarding the greatest challenges related to network infrastructure and proposed solutions will be discussed..
We invite you to B2B meetings for the photovoltaics sector, organized by the Polish Photovoltaics Association and the Enterprise Europe Network Center at the Łukasiewicz WIT. Participation in the Solar Energy Business Mixer is free.
The Solar Energy Business Mixer consists of online and onsite meetings organized during the PV Congress. They are intended for entrepreneurs and organizations operating in, or wanting to operate in, the solar energy industry.
Why is it worth taking part? The Solar Energy Business Mixer offers:
Participation in the meetings is free of charge.
Important dates:
Registration for meetings lasts until May 29 and is only possible on the event website: https://viii-solar-energy-business-mixer.b2match.io/
Poland has submitted to the European Comission a preliminary version of the update of the “National Energy and Climate Plan until 2030”.This working document assumes increasing the share of renewable energy in final gross energy consumption to 29.8%. by 2030. According to the initial assumptions, in the 2030 perspective, onshore wind (with an installed capacity of approx. 15.8 GW) and solar power plants (approx. 29.3 GW).
Due to the delay in work on the document, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Poland. Submitting the draft was necessary to complete the procedure for Poland. The final and binding document will be presented for full public consultations and sectoral arrangements and then finalized at the turn of the second and third quarter of 2024, according to the Government.
More information: https://www.gov.pl/web/klimat/polska-przekazala-do-ke-wstepna-wersje-aktualizacji-krajowego-planu-w-dziedzinie-energii-i-klimatu-do-2030-r
2023 marks another record year for solar PV in the EU, with 55.9 GW installed across the 27 Member States, showing a 40% growth from 2022 and a doubling of the market in just two years. This is the third year in a row that the EU market breaks its previous record, as well as the third year in a row with annual growth rates of at least 40%.
Poland ranked 4th in Europe in terms of the increase in new photovoltaic capacity. The undisputed leader is Germany, which installed 14.1 GW in 2023, followed by: Spain with 8.2 GW, Italy with 4.8 GW, Poland with 4.6 and the Netherlands with 4.1 GW.
The SolarPower Europe report is available HERE
We have a pleasure to present this guide on the auction system for renewables as a compendium of knowledge prepared by the Polish Photovoltaics Association and its member – DWF.
The solar energy revolution in Poland is in full swing. In December 2022, RES auctions were held for PV projects, among others. In the basket dedicated to large projects (above 1 MW), photovoltaic installations retained an advantage in terms of installed capacity over wind power plants. This is due to the “10H” distance rule with respect to onshore wind that was still in force at the time. There are simply no new onshore wind projects. Despite the liberalisation of the “10H” distance rule by the legislator, there is bound to be a few years’ investment gap in this sub-sector.
As a result, the expected RES deficit in the Polish electricity system can be filled only by large and small scale PV projects for several years from now. It is also worth mentioning that rising energy prices open the opportunity for new business models, apart from RES auctions. In this context, long-term Corporate Power Purchase Agreements, industrial, self-consumption, hybrid installations and co-located solar and storage constitute a new opportunity for the solar PV sector and provide direct economic benefits to the consumers.
One of the priorities of the actual National Recovery Plan is to use the potential of renewable energy sources for the economy. The objectives established by Poland in it are to increase the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption and to reduce the exposure to air pollution from particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10). Further development of photovoltaics fits in perfectly with these intentions.
After several months of legislative
work at the government level, the Sejm passed a spatial planning reform. The
key elements of the new regulations for the RES industry include:
• Replacement of studies of conditions and directions of spatial development by general plans by the end of 2025.
• Introduction of a simplified procedure for adopting / amending the local plan for RES (so-called ZIP)
• 5-year period of validity of GM decisions which did not become final before the entry into force of the new regulations
• Obligation to locate new PV installations on the basis of the local spatial development plan, excluding installations up to 1 MW located on land other than agricultural land of class I-IV and forest land. However, until the date of expiry of the study of conditions and directions of spatial development of a commune in a given commune, a change in land use consisting in the construction of a PV installation may also take place on the basis of a decision on land development conditions
• Adoption of a local plan enabling the location of RES will be possible regardless of any provisions of the study, and compliance of the plan with the study in this respect will not be subject to verification.
The bill will soon be sent to the Senate, which is obliged to consider it within 30 days from the date of its receipt. The date of entry into force initially planned by the Ministry of Development and Technology is September 2023.
