The Polish Parliament has revised the country’s renewable energy law to facilitate plans to auction 2500MW of onshore wind capacity this year.
The revised act and auction plans are due to be approved by the Polish Senate at the end of this month.
The legislation includes several other key changes, including extending deadlines for interconnection agreements to improve the viability of projects bidding into the upcoming auction.
It also sets rules strengthening the Guarantees of Origin (GOs) scheme to enable the growth of corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) with wind farms.
In return, corporate renewable PPAs offer wind farms stable revenues.
Poland is facing rising electricity demand and aims to increase total power capacity from 40GW to 73GW by 2040.
WindEurope chief policy officer Pierre Tardieu said: “It’s great news that Poland will have a 2.5GW onshore wind auction this year.
“The Polish Government clearly sees an important role for both onshore and offshore wind in meeting their rising energy demand. But the stringent set-back distance law on wind turbines will need fixing to allow for future growth beyond this year’s auction”.”