Study on Support Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Sources in Poland

Agnieszka Mazurek-Czarnecka, Ksymena Rosiek, Marcin Salamaga, Krzysztof Wąsowicz and Renata Żaba-Nieroda
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Agnieszka Mazurek-Czarnecka: Department of Sustainable Development Finance, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland
Ksymena Rosiek: Department of Sustainable Development Finance, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland
Marcin Salamaga: Department of Statistics, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland
Krzysztof Wąsowicz: Department of Sustainable Development Finance, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland
Renata Żaba-Nieroda: Department of Sustainable Development Finance, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Krakow, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-38

Abstract: Poland, as a member of the European Union (EU), has to fulfill the obligations resulting from its membership in it. It is necessary to comply with numerous directives and other legal provisions adopted by the European Commission in the field of the energy market and production. Meeting the demands of the European Green Deal, as well as the solutions presented in the Fit for 55 package, is very difficult. In Poland, coal is still used in over 67% of electricity production. This article presents an attempt to join the multi-threaded discussion on renewable energy sources (RES) and the possibility of increasing their share in Poland’s energy mix. This article defines the RES support mechanisms in Poland, presents the support systems and instruments functioning within them, and also provides a statistical prediction of trends in energy production from RES for upcoming years. Research utilized the Brown, Holt, and Winters models and the cause-and-effect model. The research conducted in this article shows that Poland must make significant efforts to decarbonize the economy; in addition, the too quickly changing RES support system is not conducive to the development of these sources.

Keywords: renewable energy sources; RES support mechanisms; forecasting RES; climate change; prognostic models of Brown, Holt, and Winters; cause-and-effect model (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: 2022
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