Photovoltaics breaks records in Poland
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At the end of 2020, 3,936 MW of photovoltaic installations were operating in Poland, which means an increase of 2,463 MW, i.e. 200 percent year-on-year increase indicates the report of the Institute for Renewable Energy.
Grzegorz Wiśniewski, president of IEO, calls the present moment in the history of the development of the photovoltaic industry, but also the entire energy industry "unique". In 2020, photovoltaics became an investment hit in the energy sector and an economic vehicle. In the difficult time of two lockdowns caused by the global pandemic, domestic photovoltaics made a significant contribution to the maintenance of investment processes in the amount of PLN 9.5 billion and provided Poland with 35,000 jobs. In 2020, 1.5 percent of electricity produced domestically came from photovoltaic sources. In 2021 it will be 3.5 percent, and in 2025 solar energy will provide approx. 10 percent of electricity," Wiśniewski noted in the introduction to the report, which has just been published by the Institute for Renewable Energy. This is the ninth edition of the report prepared by this think tank.
In Poland, PV micro-installations (with a total installed capacity not exceeding 50kW) have the largest market share. In 2020, they accounted for 77 percent. installed capacity in photovoltaics. The total capacity of micro-installations was 3,022 MW at the end of 2020, and as of Q1 2021, it is 3,500 MW.
According to Solar Power Europe, in 2020 Poland was in fourth place in terms of increasing the installed capacity of PV (photovoltaics) in the European Union. Only Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain overtook us. According to IEO forecasts, Poland will once again maintain such a high position in the EU in 2021. The IEO estimates that at the end of 2021, the installed PV capacity in Poland may exceed 6 GW and be equal to the capacity of wind farms from a year ago.
