The “My Electricity” Program as One of the Ways to Reduce CO 2 Emissions in Poland

Piotr Olczak, Agnieszka Żelazna, Dominika Matuszewska and Małgorzata Olek
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Piotr Olczak: Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wybickiego St. 7A, 31-261 Kraków, Poland
Agnieszka Żelazna: Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, 40B Nadbystrzycka Str., 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Dominika Matuszewska: Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Małgorzata Olek: Faculty of Environmental and Power Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska, 31-155 Cracow, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-17

Abstract: One way to reduce CO 2 emissions is to replace conventional energy sources with renewable ones. In order to encourage prosumers to invest in renewable energy, EU Member States are developing renewable energy subsidy programs. In Poland, in the years 2019–2020, the “My Electricity” program was implemented, co-financing was up to 50% of eligible costs (max PLN 5000, i.e., EUR 1111), and the total cost of the program was 251 million euro. During this period, around 400,000 prosumer installations were created in Poland, including over 220,000 prosumer PV Installations under the My Electricity program. The total power of the installation under the “My Electricity” program was 1.295 GWp with an average installation power of 5.72 kWp. It is estimated that the micro-installations will produce approx. 1.4 TWh of electricity annually. Depending on the replaced source of electricity (coal, gas, mix), in the next 30 years, it will help to avoid 26.2–42.7 million Mg of greenhouse gases calculated as carbon dioxide equivalents (CO 2eq ). The coefficient of subsidy expenditure from the “My Electricity” program was 194 EUR/kWp, and in the next 30 years, it will be 6.52 EUR/MWh. The investment in PV will save EUR 1550 million, which would have to be incurred for the purchase of CO 2 emission permits.

Keywords: My Electricity; photovoltaic (PV); LCA; carbon dioxide emission; grants; Poland; renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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