The impact of the long-term EU target for renewables on the structure of electricity production in Poland

Lidia Gawlik, Adam Szurlej and Artur Wyrwa

Energy, 2015, vol. 92, issue P2, 172-178

Abstract: This paper outlines the results of various scenarios for optimizing Poland's future energy system up to 2050. The objective of the study was to demonstrate through the use of models how the level of binding targets for the share of renewable energy (RES) in final energy consumption would impact the evolution of the Polish energy sector. The differences in the compared scenarios consist of the level of RES (renewable energy sources) targets while assuming the same ETS (emissions trading system) CO2 reduction pathways. These scenarios of differing RES targets are compared with other ones where the level of RES obligatory for 2020 has not been increased in the 2020–2050 period. The lack of increasing RES targets applies no preference for any particular technology, and the resulting energy mix is cost-optimal.

Keywords: Energy system modeling; Energy policy; Climate policy; Energy mix; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.05.066

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