Ahead of Poland’s general elections and under a rising pressure to cut CO2 emissions and improve air quality, the Polish Prime Minister has pledged to invest more in renewable energies (mainly solar PV and offshore wind) and nuclear energies, though maintaining its support for coal. The government plans to triple the installed solar PV capacity, from 468 MW in 2018 to 1.5 GW.
Several large PV projects are already under development. NeoInvestments and China Sinogy Electric Engineering have announced plans to build a 600 MW solar PV power plant in Przykona to be operational by 2021. Furthermore, KGHM Polska Miedź and state-owned Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) have also announced their cooperation to build a 500 MW solar PV power plant by 2023 at KGHM's mining sites.
This 1.5 GW target which would represent 3% of the country's current power capacity (45 GW). Yet, this would remain marginal compared to the 32 GW of coal-fired capacity installed (72% of the country's total capacity). The government estimates the cost to decarbonize the Polish economy at €700-900 bn.
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