Featured in Down to the wires 06-2024

PV curtailment in Poland

Owners of solar plants in Poland face increasingly frequent forced outages due to electricity oversupply in the National Power System (abbreviated, in Polish, to KSE). Piotr Mrowiec, leader of Rödl & Partner’s renewable energy team, looks at the specifics of Polish curtailment, the rules on compensation, penalty provisions, and plans for the future.

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pv magazine

10 Jun 2024

Poland has more than 18 GW of installed solar capacity but the Central European nation now faces challenges balancing electricity supply and demand. | Photo: Lightsource BP

In April 2024, the installed capacity of solar in Poland reached 18.4 GW. Prior to 2016, the total PV capacity did not exceed 100 MW. Although the growth over the last eight years has been impressive, this success comes at a price. There is an increasing oversupply of electricity during periods of reduced demand and …

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