4:04 4 July 2025
Renewables surpass coal
June 2025 marked a historic shift in Poland’s energy landscape: for the first time, more electricity came from renewable sources than from coal, according to estimates by Forum Energii. Renewables generated 44.1% of electricity, narrowly surpassing coal at 43.7%, with natural gas covering the remainder.
“This is a key moment in reducing Poland’s reliance on coal, the EU’s most coal-dependent country,” noted the Financial Times. Tobiasz Adamczewski, vice-president of Forum Energii, called the development a “big change” that could create a “snowball effect.”
The second quarter also broke records—coal’s share of electricity fell to 46.2%, down from 56.4% a year earlier. Greenpeace Polska’s Marek Józefiak called it a breakthrough but warned that poor grid infrastructure is wasting renewable energy. “We’re on the right path,” he told FT, “but progress is slowed by political focus on coal unions instead of systemic reform.”
