Number of small RE installations rises 120% y/y in 2022

According to a report from the Polish Energy Regulatory Office (URE), energy producers generated power in a total of 4,259 small renewable energy installations with a combined installed capacity of over 3 GW as of the end of 2022. This represents a 120% increase in the number of installations compared to 2021. The most popular source of renewable energy remains photovoltaics, with over 70% of the installations utilizing solar radiation. Biogas installations came in second, followed by wind and hydroelectric power.

The number of energy producers in these installations increased sixfold in the past eight years, from around 400 to over 2,400 entities, while the amount of energy produced increased over fifty-fold. However, this increase was largely due to a change in the definition of small installations.

Source: ISBnews