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Poland Total Energy Production & Consumption

Total primary consumption has decreased by 4%/year since 2021 reaching 95.5 Mtoe in 2024. It increased before by 2%/year on average between 2015 and 2019 after a downward trend of -1.5%/year between 2011 and 2015.

Total energy consumption per capita was 2.6 toe in 2024 (around 5% below the EU average).

Graph: Primary Consumption Trends by Energy Source

Source: Poland energy report

Interactive Chart Poland Total Energy Production & Consumption

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Poland Oil Production & Consumption

Crude oil production is limited and has declined by 6%/year on average since 2018 to 1.1 Mt in 2024 (around 4% of its needs). In 2024, Poland imported 27.3 Mt of crude oil (+2.7%). Imports from Russia dropped to only 5% of crude oil imports in 2023, after accounting for 43% in 2022, and 63% in 2021. Saudi Arabia became the second oil supplier in 2022 (30%), followed by Norway, which more than doubled its market share in 2022 from 5% to 13%.

Source: Poland energy report

Interactive Chart Poland Crude Oil Production & Consumption

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Interactive Chart Poland Refined Oil Products Production & Consumption

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Poland Natural Gas Production & Consumption

Gas production remained stable in 2024, at 5.3 bcm. It remained rather stable, at a slightly higher level (5.5 bcm) between 2010 and 2022; in 2024, it covered 25% of the country's needs.

In 2024, the country imported 15.8 bcm of gas (as in 2023), around 40% of which as LNG.

Russia was the main gas supplier until 2021, (57% in 2021), as imports from Russia were stopped in April 2022 (20% in 2022). In 2023, Norway was the first supplier (45%), followed by the USA (27%), Qatar (16%), and Germany (9%).

Source: Poland energy report

Interactive Chart Poland Gas Production & Consumption

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Poland Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

Production of coal and lignite dropped by 47% between 2022-2024 to reach 85 Mt in 2024 (55% bituminous coal and 45% lignite). Previously it had been stable in 2022, while production fell by 25% between 2010 and 2020 (-10% in 2020) and rebounded by 7%. In 2019, JWS opened the Bzie-Dębina coal mine with recoverable reserves estimated at 180 Mt.

Source: Poland energy report

Interactive Chart Poland Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

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Poland Renewable in % Electricity Production

In the final NECP (July 2025), Poland aims at achieving 32.1% of renewables in gross final energy consumption in 2030 (51.8% for electricity, 36.7% for heating and cooling, 18.9% for transport). In 2023, this share reached 16.5% (25.8% for electricity, 20.2% for heating, and 5.9% in transport). Within the latest draft NECP projections, wind power plants should have an approximate capacity of 22.5 GW wind in 2030 (onshore 16.6 GW and offshore 5.9 GW).

Source: Poland energy report

Interactive Chart Poland Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)

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Poland GHG emissions and CO₂ emissions

Poland, as all EU members, has a binding GHG emission reduction target of 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 in its NDC. In Its updated draft NECP (July 2025), the country set a reduction target for net GH emissions of 53.9% compared to 1990, of which 51.1% in the ETS sector and 22% for non ETS (compared to 2005). Poland is the only European Union member country that has not endorsed a net-zero carbon target by 2050. According to a study by the Polish Economic Institute (PEI), Poland could achieve climate neutrality by 2056 under an optimistic scenario.

Source: Poland energy report

Interactive Chart Poland CO₂ emissions

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