- A Council of Ministers regulation on the maximum volume and value of electric energy from renewable energy sources that may be sold in auctions in 2021 (“Budget Regulation”) was published on December 28, 2020, in the Journal of Laws. The Budget Regulation includes the breakdown of funds and quotas into individual auction budgets. The Budget Regulation took effect on January 11, 2021.
- The government’s assumption is that the proposed budgets should allow for the deployment of small PV projects with a total capacity of up to 1000 MW and large PV projects with a total capacity of up to 800 MW. Some 600 MW of large wind projects are also expected to secure support in the 2021 auction.
- The government intends to allocate funds to ground-breaking auctions for hybrid installations combining different generation technologies in one facility. The hybrid auctions are expected to take place only after legislative changes are made that set out the eligibility conditions for hybrid installations, with the expected introduction of an energy storage solution as a required component.
- The government’s expectations in terms of RES deployment resulting from the auction in 2021 are as follows:
| Energy source |
Small |
Large |
| Wind |
- |
600 MW |
| Solar energy |
1000 MW |
800 MW |
| Hydropower |
5 MW |
20 MW |
| Agricultural biogas |
- |
20 MW |
| Biogas: landfill and sewage treatment |
5 MW |
- |
| Biomass: dedicated biomass combustion |
- |
100 MW |
| Hybrid installations |
5 MW |
15 MW |
- Below we present the budgets and volumes for particular installations in 2020 and 2021. According to the RES Act there are five “baskets” for installations, sorted by, among others, technology criteria. Additionally, separate auctions are organized for installations that started generating electricity before June 30, 2016, and wish to migrate to the auction system (“Existing Installations”) and installations which will start generating electricity after the auction (“New Installations”). Furthermore, projects are also distinguished between installations with total installed capacity of up to 1 MW (“Small Installations”) and installations with total installed capacity exceeding 1 MW (“Large Installations”).
New installations
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| Basket |
2020 |
2021 |
Small
Installations |
Large
Installations |
Small
Installations |
Large
Installations |
Biogas other than agricultural, hybrid systems,
waste incineration plants, dedicated biomass and
multi-fuel co-firing installations |
375 000 MWh,
166 875 000 PLN |
10 950 000 MWh,
5 182 500 000 PLN |
225 000 MWh,
106 875 000 PLN |
10 680 000 MWh,
5 249 400 000 PLN |
Hydropower, bioliquids,
geothermal energy,
offshore wind energy1 |
540 000 MWh,
270 000 000 PLN |
1 080 000 MWh,
518 400 000 PLN |
270 000 MWh,
151 200 000 PLN |
1 080 000 MWh,
577 800 000 PLN |
| Agricultural biogas |
0 |
1 800 000 MWh,
1 152 000 000 PLN |
0 |
1 800 000 MWh,
1 206 000 000 PLN |
| Onshore wind energy
Solar radiation energy
|
11 7600 000 MWh, |
46 290 000 MWh, |
14 700 000 MWh |
38 760 000 MWh, |
| 4 527 600 000 PLN |
14 015 850 000 PLN |
5 292 000 000 PLN |
10 748 400 000 PLN |
| Hybrid RES installation |
0 |
0 |
394 200 MWh,
242 433 000 PLN |
1 182 600 MWh,
703 647 000 PLN |
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Existing installations
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| Basket |
2020 |
2021 |
| Small Installations |
Large Installations |
Small Installations |
Large Installations |
Biogas other than agricultural, hybrid systems,
waste incineration plants, dedicated biomass and
multi-fuel co-firing installations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hydropower, bioliquids,
geothermal energy,
offshore wind energy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Agricultural biogas |
0 |
2 500 000 MWh,
1 600 000 000 PLN |
0 |
500 000 MWh,
335 000 000 PLN |
| Onshore wind energy
Solar radiation energy
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hybrid RES installation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 While technically eligible to participate in these auctions, offshore wind is expected to have a separate, dedicated support scheme.
