Polish government declares climate goals

The goal of Poland's Energy Policy until 2040 (PEP 2040), according to its updated draft, is at least 23% share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the final gross energy consumption in 2030 compared to the 21-23 percent assumed in the earlier version of the document, said Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka. The ministry also presented a forecast for coal, defined as the expected share in electricity production – a maximum of 56 percent in 2030 and 28 percent in 2040.

The project assumes a minimum 32 percent share of renewable energy in electricity production for 2030, with a special role of offshore wind energy (approx. 5.9 GW), photovoltaics (approx. 5-7 GW) and onshore wind energy (approx. 8-10 GW). The other goals are 28 percent share of renewable energy in heating and cooling (special role of biomass, heat pumps, biogas and geothermal energy) and 14 percent share of renewable energy in transport (special role of biofuels and electromobility).

Last week, Deputy Climate Minister Ireneusz Zyska said that the EU target of 15 percent of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy could be achieved by Poland in 2021. According to him, at the end of this year, the share of energy from RES may amount to 13-14 percent. According to the data of the Central Statistical Office (GUS), the share of renewable energy sources in gross final energy consumption increased by 0.26 percentage points, up to 11.16 percent at the end of 2018

The GUS also informed earlier that generation of energy from RES accounted for 12.7 percent of total production in 2018. The most important fuel used to generate electricity in 2018 was hard coal with a share of 47.8 percent and lignite with a share of 29 percent.

(ISBnews)