Featured in Fruits of our labour – 03-2021

Polish PV in 2021

According to Agencja Rynku Energii S.A., the total capacity of solar PV plants in Poland reached almost 4 GW at the end of December 2020. Once a black spot on the PV map of Europe, Poland ranked fourth in 2020 among EU countries for PV growth, after Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. In 2020 alone, the country installed almost 2.7 GW of new PV. But there are grid connection headwinds in sight, writes Piotr Mrowiec from Rödl and Partner.
Witnica Solar Farm in western Poland
Image: BayWa r.e.

As in previous years, the development of Poland’s solar market in 2020 was stimulated by two support systems for renewables. Firstly, support for small plants up to 50 kWp, and secondly, support in the form of feed-in tariffs (installations up to 500 kWp) and contracts for larger installations. The small plants scheme sparked remarkable interest …

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