Poland to invest in solar panels as power prices rise
ETEnergyworld | February 25, 2019
Poland expects its power capacity to increase by at least 200 megawatts (MW) annually in coming years thanks to planned incentives for smaller electricity consumers to invest in solar panels, the entrepreneurship and technology minister said. Most electricity produced and used in Poland comes from aging coal-fuelled power stations and thus a rise in the cost of carbon emissions has boosted power prices. The ruling Law and Justice party was elected in 2015 on promises to sustain the coal industry, and it introduced policies that made it harder to invest in renewable energy.