Coal share in energy mix to drop to 60% by 2030 - Energy Ministry

By 2030 the share of hard and brown coal in Poland's energy mix will decrease from the current 80 percent to 60 percent. The volume of hard coal for energy generation will remain unchanged, however, while brown coal has a future at least until 2040, said Deputy Energy Minister Grzegorz Tobiszowski at the European Economic Congress in Katowice. Polish mines extract some 65 million metric tonnes of hard coal, most of which is used for domestic energy generation. According to Janusz Olszowski, head of the Mining Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GIPH), the energy industry will continue to use 56-57 million tonnes annually.