Renewable Energy Sector in Poland' Current Political Trends

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Renewable Energy Sector in Poland. Current
Political Trends

• Krzysztof Gierulski
• EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre (EC BREC)
• Renewable Energy in Poland Technology, Market
  and Chances , Gotz, 15.05.2002
• Workshop of the Brandenburg Energy Technology
  Initiative

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Current use of RES and implementation of RET in
Poland    

• DILEMAS AND OPTIONS OF ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
  IN POLAND AFTER 1990
• Assumption of energy policy up to 2010,
  Ministry of Economy, 1995
• Fundamental guidelines in the energy policy
• competitiveness
• environmental protection
• security of energy supplies
• Energy options and priorities in the transition
  process
• Short-term options
• energy efficiency programmes
• coal to gas
• Longer term options
• renewables
• nuclear?

 
Source EC BREC, 2000
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Current use of RES and implementation of RET in
Poland    
Current use of RES in Poland
Source EC BREC, 2000
 
Source EC BREC, 2000
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Current use of RES and implementation of RET in
Poland    
Economic parameters of RES technologies
 
Source EC BREC, 2000
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Energy Policy Assumptions of the Energy Policy
up to 2020, Ministry of Economy 2000
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Environmental policy

• 'The State Ecological Policy" approved by
  Parliament in 1991 "conditions will be created
  for utilisation of unconventional energy sources
  (geothermal energy, hydroelectric power plants as
  well as appliances utilising solar and wind
  energy and biogas).
• The Second State Ecological Policy prepared by
  the Ministry of the Environment - "the renewable
  energy sector in Poland should be developed in
  harmony with the EU policy in which the share of
  renewable energy sources in the fuel and energy
  balance is a few times greater than in Poland and
  which provides that the utilisation of renewable
  energy sources will have been doubled by the year
  2010

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Energy Act

• Energy Act, 1997 (amendments 2000)
• Recommendation that local sources of energy
  should be recognised by the heat supply plan for
  the commune (local energy planning).
• No licence is required for the production of
  fuels and energy below 1 MW (5 MWel 2000)
• Energy Law stipulates that the Minister of
  Economy by an ordinance obligate energy companies
  to purchase energy from renewable sources
• Decree on the Minister of Economy on electricity
  and heat feed-in law 2000
• Energy utilities dealing with trade of electric
  energy and/or heat are obliged to buy from
  national producers offered amount of electric
  energy and heat from renewable energy sources.

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Quotas for RES Electricity share at suppliers, ,
RES electricity feed-in-law, Ministry of
Economy,15-12-2000
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Polish National Renewable Energy Strategy

• In response to the Parliamentary Resolution
  from 8 July 1999, on 05.09.2000 the Council of
  Ministries of Poland endorsed, and on 23.08.2001
  the Parliament of Poland adopted strategic policy
  document, which outlines
• Strategic targets
• 7,5 in 2010
• 14 in 2020
• increase of the total energy production from RES
  by
• 235 PJ (up to 340 PJ)
• three RES electricity scenarios
• 7,5 of electricity from RES in the total
  electricity consumption
• 9,0 of electricity from RES in the total
  electricity consumption
• 12,5 of electricity from RES in the total
  electricity consumption

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RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY
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RBLE ENERGY STRATEGY
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RENEWABLE ENERGY STRATEGY
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Public support needed to achieve targets 7,5
of RES by 2010

• Scenario 7,5 RES E, - 14 508 M Polish Zloty
• including public support, 228 M
  PLN/year
• Scenario 9,0 RES E - 15 262 M PLN
• including public support, 288 M PLN/year
• Scenario 12,5 RES E 19 103 M PLN
• including public support, 312 M PLN/year

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Current use of RES and implementation of RET in
Poland    
Cost of greenhouse gases GHG (CO2 equivalent)
emission reduction
 
Source EC BREC, 2000
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RES Policy in Poland next steps

• Sectorial development programmes
• Wind Energy Development Programme 2002-2005
• Biomass Utilisation Programme 2003-2006 solar
  energy, liquid biofuels, geothermal
• Legislative action
• Act on Liquid Biofuels
• Amendments to the Polish Energy Law
• Act on Renewable Energy
• Regional pilot initiatives

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EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre (EC BREC)

• Further Information available from EC BREC
  offices in Warsaw and Gdansk
• Ul. Rakowiecka 32, 02-532 Warsaw
  tel/fax [phone],
  e-mail ecbrec_at_ibmer.waw.pl
• Ul. Reduta Zbik 5, 80-761 Gdansk
  tel/fax [phone],
  e-mail krzyg_at_ibmer.waw.pl
• Internet http//www.ibmer.waw.pl/ecbrec