The Polish Senate (upper house of the parliament) has approved an amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (RES Act 2016), in the attempt to attract more renewable energy investment in the country and to meet the European Union (EU) target of 15% of renewable-sourced energy in its final consumption by 2020. This amendment removes hurdles to the development of wind parks, that were introduced in 2016.
The 2016 law banned construction of wind parks close to dwellings and imposed new taxes on investors, which eventually made the construction of wind parks uneconomic. In March 2018, the government sought to ease tensions over its politicisation of the judiciary and proposed to remove the tax disincentives and launch a new auction system thanks to which renewable power producers would receive a guaranteed price for the electricity they sell for a certain period. After the Parliament's approval, the amendment will now have to be signed by the Polish president.
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