Incentives for companies to access renewables coming

Poland’s Ministry of Energy has a plan to increase the number of battery-electric vehicles on Poland’s roads to one million within 10 years, a report in Puls Biznesu stated on Thursday. According to the report, the Ministry has requested that its state energy subsidiaries, including Energa, Enea and Tauron, work to establish electromobility in Poland, which would include increasing the number of electric automobiles, as well as financing companies that source electrical energy from renewable producers. The report stated that, currently, there are less than 200 battery-electric automobiles operating  in Poland. Aadditionally, reports in Puls Biznesu and Energetyka on Thursday informed that the president of the Energy Regulatory Office announced that Poland’s Renewable Energy Sources Platform (OZE) will hold an auction December 30 on the sale of electricity from renewable sources, and that PLN 3.9 billion in support for energy companies will be offered to companies. The auctions will be conducted via the OZE’s internet platform. However, the existence of the auction was still subject to cancellation that were dependent upon approval of amendments to the renewables law in the Polish Parliament, one of the reports indicated.