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Major change in Polish incentives

Poland: When the long-prepared Renewable Energy Sources bill was passed by Poland’s lower house, the Sejm, and then signed into law by the Polish president in spring 2015, it seemed that the dispute over incentives for renewable energy in Poland was finally over. Poland was due to switch from the quota regime to the auction system on January 1, 2016. Yet shortly before the end of 2015 the government postponed the introduction of the auction system for another six months. This is likely the first step towards a complete overhaul of the incentive system before auctions are introduced. Rödl & Partner’s Piotr Mrowiec reports.

On December 22, 2015, the Polish Sejm amended the Renewable Energy Sources Act (the “RES Act”) so that the effective date of Section IV was postponed for six months. The amendment was signed by the President on December 30, two days before the regulations introducing the incentive mechanism for renewables in form of the so-called …

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