Poland has finally adopted a new renewable energy act, that changes the support for renewable energy sources as of 1 January 2016. The bulk of small-sized renewable power plants will benefit from feed-in tariffs, including at least 200,000 prosumers (those that both produce and consume energy). These prosumers will receive PLN 0.75/kWh (€18c/kWh) for plants up to 3 kW, while plants between 3 and 10 kW will receive up to PLN 0.7/kWh (€16.9c/kWh), depending on the renewable technology.
The new support scheme will be based on an auction system (no longer based on green certificates), with renewable plants having to start generation within 24 months (solar parks), 72 months (wind parks) or 48 months (others); auctions will be conducted separately for plants of 1 MW or less. Micro-installations (up to 40 kW) will sell their power generation to distribution companies at 100% of the average market price in the past quarter. The support will be guaranteed for 15 years. For existing installations, producers will have to choose whether to continue using the existing support scheme (in a limit of 15-years after commissioning) or to switch to the auction-based system.
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