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Solar energy in Poland is a rapidly growing sector of the country's
Solar energy in Poland is a rapidly growing sector of the country's renewable energy industry
The renewable-energy industry is the part of the energy industry focusing on new and appropriate renewable energy technologies. Investors worldwide are increasingly paying greater attention to this emerging industry. In many cases, this has transl ...
, driven by falling technology costs, government incentives, and increasing public interest in sustainable energy
Energy system, Energy is sustainability, sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Definitions of sustainable energy usually look at its effects on the e ...
. Solar power
Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Solar panels use the photovoltaic effect to c ...
is key to the Polish government's plan to produce 75% of electricity from carbon-free sources (renewables
Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind power, and hydropower. Bioenergy and ...
and nuclear
Nuclear may refer to:
Physics
Relating to the nucleus of the atom:
*Nuclear engineering
*Nuclear physics
*Nuclear power
*Nuclear reactor
*Nuclear weapon
*Nuclear medicine
*Radiation therapy
*Nuclear warfare
Mathematics
* Nuclear space
*Nuclear ...
) by 2040.
In numbers:
* Capacity: 21.794 GW ( 25.66% YoY; 63.53% of renewable; 30.09% of overall),
* Generation: 17.334 TWh ( 31.23% YoY; 38.29% of renewable; 10.38% of overall),
* Capacity factor: 11.15%.
Capacity . Generation and capacity factor .
, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
's installed grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) capacity reached 21.8 GW, an increase of 25.7% over the previous year. Solar energy
Solar energy is the radiant energy from the Sun's sunlight, light and heat, which can be harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating) and solar architecture. It is a ...
accounts for about 64% of the country's total renewable energy capacity of 34.3 GW and about 30% of its total installed power capacity of 72.4 GW. More than half of this solar capacityaround 12.2 GWis generated by over 1.5 million micro-installations operated by prosumers
A prosumer is an individual who both consumes and produces. The term is a portmanteau of the words '' producer'' and ''consumer''. Research has identified six types of prosumers: DIY prosumers, self-service prosumers, customizing prosumers, col ...
.
By the end of 2021, there were also around of installed solar thermal collectors which in Poland are primarily used for heating up household water.
Photovoltaics
See also
*Energy in Poland
The Polish energy sector is the fifth largest in Europe. In recent years, Poland has been reducing its reliance on coal, increasing its wind and solar power capacity, and introducing nuclear power to diversify its energy mix and reduce carbon em ...
* Solar power by country
References
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