Wind Energy Market in Poland in the Background of the Baltic Sea Bordering Countries in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka, Anna Sobczak and Dariusz Soboń
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Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka: Faculty of Economics, Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzow Wielkopolski, 66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
Anna Sobczak: Faculty of Economics, Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzow Wielkopolski, 66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
Dariusz Soboń: Faculty of Economics, Jacob of Paradies Academy in Gorzow Wielkopolski, 66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-21

Abstract: The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic reinforces the problem of rising electricity prices, which mainly affects countries that are forced to pay ever-higher CO₂ emission allowance fees (e.g., Poland). In the light of signals confirming the need for intensive development of the wind energy market in the Baltic Sea region, the authors consider the need to examine this issue concerning Poland and the Baltic States (i.e., Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) as extremely important and demanding. The development of the RES market is currently an absolute necessity. The immediate neighbourhood and similar general social and economic conditions of Poland and the Baltic States enable factual comparisons, reinforcing the rationale for choosing the adopted research area. The main objective of the study was to assess the development of the wind energy market in Poland in the background of the Baltic Sea bordering countries in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to try to answer the question: what direction of wind energy development in Poland in the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic is justified and may have an impact on limiting the increase in electricity prices in this country? In this context, it turned out to be particularly interesting to identify solutions practised in the wind energy market in the Baltic States with their potential to be applied in Poland. The research instruments were drawn from an economic analysis and evaluation of phenomena and supported by the results of our own research (questionnaire) conducted on the Polish energy market, to substantiate the findings.

Keywords: energy market; renewable energy; wind energy; electricity prices (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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