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Cleaning up the statute book

Polish lawmakers are backing a buoyant PV market with a simpler solar permitting regime and plans to legislate the sharing of grid connections. At the same time, regulators are easing the establishment of off-grid, direct-to-consumer power lines, writes Rödl and Partner’s Piotr Mrowiec.

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07 Sep 2023

Proposed legislation would lengthen the permitting process for PV projects on Poland’s most fertile land while proposals to allow cable pooling could open up more grid capacity for solar. | Photo: Lightsource BP

Polish PV project permitting, decided on the basis of conditions of development (decyzja o warunkach zabudowy), has long been relatively simple for developers to attain. However, a proposed new system would require developers to pass a local spatial development plan, which could be a considerably longer process.According to the new law, change-of-land-use permission for solar …

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