It is possible to achieve even 33% share of OZE in Poland in 2030?
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Poland could increase its target for the share of renewable sources (OZE) in energy consumption in 2030 to 33%, provided it develops wind power and photovoltaics, according to a report by the Instrat Foundation.
According to the European Commission’s estimates, this is 8 percentage points above the target currently declared in the National Energy and Climate Plan (KPEiK). Instrat experts have calculated that in Poland it is possible to achieve as much as 33% of RES in final energy consumption, which would result from increasing the share of RES in the power sector from 32% to 61% in 2030, which would also make it possible to achieve around 15% share of RES in transport, the report explains
“We should already declare an increase in our OZE ambitions and take steps towards their implementation. As we showed in the report ‘What after coal? The potential of OZE in Poland’, the cost of energy generation will increase by 61% if we continue to implement the scenario of the government’s Polish Energy Policy to 2040. (PEP2040). However, this does not have to be the case! Our calculations clearly show that costs can be reduced by up to 50% compared to PEP2040 if we bet on photovoltaics and windmills,” commented Instrat Foundation expert Adrianna Wrona, quoted in the report.
In practice, the road to achieving the vicinity of 31% proposed by the EC in 2030 leads primarily through the transformation of the electricity sector.
The sluggishness of Poland’s energy policy will lead to rising energy prices, and the only way to avoid it is to develop renewable energy sources, the report stresses.
