European Union funds in the development of renewable energy sources in Poland in the context of the cohesion policy

Justyna Chodkowska-Miszczuk, Jadwiga Biegańska, Stefania Środa-Murawska, Elżbieta Grzelak-Kostulska and Krzysztof Rogatka

Energy & Environment, 2016, vol. 27, issue 6-7, 713-725

Abstract: The paper aims at determining the role played by funds from the European Union in the development of renewable energy sources in Poland in the context of European Union cohesion policy. We have derived data from the official European Funds Portal for the size of projects and the financial support obtained from the European Union for the use of a specific renewable energy source. We have analyzed all (928) projects related to hydro- and geothermal energy, biomass (together with biogas), wind, and solar energy implemented in all 16 voivodships (administrative regions of the second order, NUTS 2). It must be mentioned that, in the programming period 2007–2013, the available European Union funds made it possible to obtain the largest support for all investments in renewable energy sources in Poland so far. The total value of the projects co-financed from these funds has amounted to 2 billion euro. Analyzing the value of investments in technologies based on varied renewable energy sources, an evident disproportion in either the size of particular installations or the costs of investments is observed. We demonstrate that large wind farms constitute more than 60% of the total value of investments in renewable sources subsided by the European Union. Small projects have also been subsided, but mainly those related to solar energy. Generally, the wind energy investments are established in northern and western parts of Poland, including Zachodniopomorskie, Pomorskie, Dolnośląskie, and Šódzkie voivodships, while the solar energy investments are found in the eastern and southern parts of Poland.

Keywords: Poland; renewable energy sources; cohesion policy; European Union funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0958305X16666963

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