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Amendments to the Capacity Market Act. Key Changes and Implications

February 25, 2025

On 24 January 2025, the Polish President signed an amendment to the Capacity Market Act. The amendment is aimed at introducing mechanisms that will help ensure Poland's energy security in the coming years. The main changes include the introduction of supplementary auctions and the extension of support for units that do not meet emission standards.

How the planned extension of the deadline for adoption of general plans will affect RES projects?

February 25, 2025

The reform of spatial planning adopted in 2023 introduced so-called “general plans” (Polish: plany ogólne), as a new comprehensive planning tool that were supposed to replace by the end of 2025 the existing studies of conditions and directions of spatial development (Polish: studia uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego).

Renewables Acceleration Areas in Poland

February 25, 2025

The EU has set the target of being climate neutral by 2050, and renewable energies will play a key role in achieving this goal. However, one of the main barriers to expanding renewable energy are the long and complex permitting procedures. This slows down the deployment of renewables and hampers the EU's decarbonization efforts.

The future of renewable energy auctions – application of non-price criteria

February 25, 2025

The Net-Zero Industry Act (“NZIA”) adopted on 27 May 2024 introduced mandatory non-price criteria (“NPC”) for renewable energy sources (“RES”) auctions. The new auction design aims to enhance the net-zero technology sector and to reduce reliance on non-EU suppliers of decarbonization technologies.