The Polish Stakeholder Desk
In Poland, the Stakeholder Desk concentrates on community PV and community integrated solutions in the Warmian-Masurian target region. It involves a core group of 25 stakeholders, including policy makers, national and regional (renewable) energy organisations, energy clusters, academia, civil society, banks, regional funds for environmental protection and water management, the PV industry, public utilities as well as local authorities and parliament.
The term Renewable Energy Community has not yet been defined in Polish law. The Renewable Energy Sources Act (2016) introduced the term ‘energy clusters’; an energy cluster covers an area of one county or five municipalities, which aim to become energy efficient regions through a more effective use of local renewable energy sources. As civil law agreements they are not allowed to undertake business activities, however it provides the opportunity to a group of local entities to improve local energy safety and quality as well as reduce energy costs for the region.
Another organisational form are ‘energy cooperatives’ (RES Act 2019), which are fixed in corporative law. While a lack of secondary regulations still prevents practical functioning of energy coops, a rapid development of mainly PV prosumers micro-installations (working on the base of modified net metering schemes), can be observed since 2019.
The Polish stakeholder desk is designed as an informal forum to discuss the status of RED II transposition into national frameworks, as well as perspectives, trends, and support schemes for RECs. Regular desk meetings are mainly addressing the core group, whereas Thematic Workshops and Policy Roundtables are open to a larger group of stakeholders. The desk also shares information and knowledge on RES communities in partner countries, which is enormously appreciated by stakeholders in Poland, and provides input for the analysis of potentials, barriers, good practices, business models and transfer opportunities.
Resources
Policy Brief 4: Short-term actions to meet long-term visions
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COME RES has been facilitating the market uptake of...
Publication Date: 27 Feb 2023
Author: Arthur Hinsch (ICLEI Europe), Michael Krug (FUB), Maria Rosaria Di Nucci (FUB) and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)
Factsheet 4: The COME RES Stakeholder Desks – paving the way for renewable energy communities
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One of the objectives of COME RES was to engage with major...
Publication Date: 22 Feb 2023
Author: Arthur Hinsch and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)
3rd Polish Country Desk Meeting and Policy Lab
The meeting was the third meeting of the Polish Country Desk in the COME RES project and was held online on 02.12.2022. The meeting was attended...
Publication Date: 02 Dec 2022
Author: Anna Dyląg, KAPE
2nd Polish Thematic Workshop and Policy Lab Report
2nd Thematic Workshop and Policy Lab were held on 10.11.2022. The meeting was attended by 8 stakeholders, with representation from energy and...
Publication Date: 10 Nov 2022
Author: Anna Dyląg, KAPE
Policy Brief 3: Close, but not quite there
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The deadlines for transposing the Integrated Electricity Marke...
Publication Date: 16 Sep 2022
Author: Arthur Hinsch, Carsten Rothballer (ICLEI Europe) and Michael Krug, Maria-Rosaria Di Nucci (FUB)
2nd Polish Country Desk Meeting Report
The meeting was the second meeting of the Polish Country Desk in the COME RES project and was held online on 25.05.2022. The meeting was...
Publication Date: 25 May 2022
Author: Anna Dyląg, KAPE
Factsheet 2: Municipalities and renewable energy communities – a perfect match
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Best practice renewable energy communities (RECs) are on the...
Publication Date: 05 Apr 2022
Author: Arthur Hinsch, Carsten Rothballer and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)
Report: 1st thematic workshop of the Polish country desk
The thematic workshop was organised by The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE) in cooperation with The Regional Fund for...
Publication Date: 28 Oct 2021
Author: Piotr Nowakowski
Report on the Polish Stakeholder Desk Kick Off Meeting
Publication Date: 11 Feb 2021
