New regulation impedes renewable energy deployment in Poland 22.06.2015

After Germany, Poland installed the most wind turbines in Europe during 2015. The total installed capacity in Poland was 4592 MW almost reaching the capacity levels of the Danish wind farms. Besides, the installed photovoltaic capacity increased by 240%, in the same year.

However, in May 2016 the conservative government published a draft for the new Law on Renewable Energy Sources. According to environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and WWF the new law impedes Poland’s en...