Renewable energy

In years to come, RES should constitute one of the fastest growing areas of economy in Poland which also results from the fact that this is still a fledgling market when compared to other EU countries. Opportunity for growth is, therefore, much greater here than on relatively saturated Western European markets.

Although it may not be obvious to everyone, Poland is indeed a country which is becoming an extremely attractive market for those who wish to invest in renewable energy sources.

On 20 February 2015 the Polish Parliament adopted a new Act on Renewable Energy Sources (hereinafter the RES Act) which aims to reduce the consumption of energy from traditional sources. It was signed by the President on 11 March, and promulgated in the Journal of Laws 2015 item 478 on 3 April. It will come into effect 30 days since the promulgation. Apart from regulations that are material from the point of view of energy trading, which will enter into force as early as on 1 May 2015, the Statue introduces regulations regarding mechanisms and instruments to support generation of electrical energy from renewable energy sources, agricultural biogas and heat in installations that renewable energy sources, which will become effective not until 1 January 2016.