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Comparison of Support Programs for the Development of Photovoltaics in Poland: My Electricity Program and the RES Auction System

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  • Jarosław Kulpa

    (Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 7A Wybickiego St., 31-261 Cracow, Poland)

  • Piotr Olczak

    (Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 7A Wybickiego St., 31-261 Cracow, Poland)

  • Tomasz Surma

    (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 1 Politechniki Sq., 00-661 Warsaw, Poland
    Veolia Energia Polska S.A., 2 Puławska St., 02-556 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Dominika Matuszewska

    (Department of Thermal and Fluid Flow Machines, Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Cracow, Poland)

Abstract

Poland has great potential for the development of renewable energy sources. The implementation of support systems dedicated to renewable sources has resulted in the installation of over 10,500 MW of installed capacity. At present, with high electricity prices, stimulated by the costs of CO 2 emissions and the costs of fuel purchase, renewable energy sources are of particular importance in the transformation of the Polish power industry. The RES auction system and the My Electricity Program contributed to the growth of entrepreneurship and the development of the economy. Energy consumers, from passive ones, have become active market participants—prosumers. The RES auction system alone contributed to the creation of approx. 5 GWp of installed capacity of photovoltaics (PV) sources in 2016–2021, while the My Electricity Program contributed to the creation of approx. 2 GWp of installed capacity in PV installations in 2019–2021. The aim of the study is to compare the economic and social costs of two photovoltaic development programs, My Electricity and the RES auction system, from the point of view of the country (in support distribution costs—subsidies) and investors, renewable energy installations operators and prosumers to which these programs are targeted, namely, individuals and enterprises.

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  • Jarosław Kulpa & Piotr Olczak & Tomasz Surma & Dominika Matuszewska, 2021. "Comparison of Support Programs for the Development of Photovoltaics in Poland: My Electricity Program and the RES Auction System," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
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