New renewable energy act in Poland
There will be a benefit from feed-in tariffs for small-sized renewable power plants (including at least 200,000 prosumers, those that both produce and consume energy). Depending on the renewable technology, the prosumers will receive €18c/kWh for plants up to 3 kW, while plants between 3 and 10 kW will receive up to €16.9c/kWh. The new support scheme will be based on an auction system (no longer based on green certificates), with renewable plants having to start generation within 24 months (solar parks), 72 months (wind parks) or 48 months (others); auctions will be conducted separately for plants of 1 MW or less. Micro-installations (up to 40 kW) will sell their power generation to distribution companies at 100% of the average market price. The support will be guaranteed for 15 years. Producers will have to choose whether to continue using the existing support scheme (in a limit of 15-years after commissioning) or to switch to the auction-based system, for existing installations.
Source: Enerdata News 19 March 2015