The Commission has received an official recovery and resilience plan from Poland. This plan sets out the reforms and public investment projects that Poland plans to implement with the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (#RRF).
The RRF is the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU, the EU’s plan for emerging stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will provide up to €672.5 billion to support investments and reforms (in 2018 prices). This breaks down into grants worth a total of €312.5 billion and €360 billion in loans. The RRF will play a crucial role in helping Europe emerge stronger from the crisis, and securing the green and digital transitions.
The presentation of this plan follows an intensive dialogue between the Commission and the Polish authorities over the past number of months.
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The current situation on the energy markets, triggered by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, shows that there is no turning back from the path to climate neutrality. However, we must not forget about the different starting points of the Member States and the significant differences in their ability to achieve intermediate goals – emphasizes the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE).
The Polish Electricity Association fully supports the REPowerEU plan to gradually reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports from Russia.
According to PKEE, despite various starting points and specific energy mixes, the costs of the energy transformation are still unevenly distributed among individual Member States.
PKEE reminds that, in accordance with the “Polish Energy Policy until 2040”, the transformation costs of the Polish energy sector will amount to approximately EUR 200 billion.
– The exceptional situation on the energy markets caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine requires Europe to revise its energy transformation plans. We must be better prepared to face new challenges, while building energy security for the entire European Union and its individual regions. The current situation shows that there is no turning back from the path to climate neutrality. However, we must not forget about the different starting points of the Member States and the significant differences in their ability to achieve intermediate goals – assesses the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE).
Poland among the top students
The Polish Electricity Association fully supports the REPowerEU plan to gradually reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports from Russia.
The Committee recalls that in recent years Poland has made significant efforts to diversify gas imports, investing in the development of gas infrastructure and securing gas supplies from various sources.
– We consistently modernize heating systems and develop the potential of trigeneration, i.e. the generation of heat, electricity and cold energy during one technological process (the so-called cogeneration). However, this does not change the fact that in large district heating systems in Poland, the only option currently available is to switch from coal sources to highly efficient cogeneration units using natural gas, because alternative solutions, such as electrode boilers, can only be implemented under certain circumstances – we read in PKEE statement.
We have an abundance of warehouses
The document points out that the development of energy storage capacity plays a key role in the energy policies of many countries, including Poland.
– We fully support the proposals to recognize energy storage as a solution important from a social point of view, and we also call for the facilitation of the procedures for issuing permits for their use. However, please note that this should apply to all energy storage technologies, including pumped storage plants. It is necessary to facilitate the implementation of this type of investment also under the rules on state aid. Therefore, we believe that independent electricity storage should be treated as an energy infrastructure under the Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (CEEAG) also after 2023. – it was written in the position paper.
EUR 200 billion in costs
According to PKEE, despite various starting points and specific energy mixes, the costs of the energy transformation are still unevenly distributed among individual Member States.
In order to ensure energy security and market stability, it is necessary to provide appropriate support mechanisms to intensify the energy transformation. According to the “Polish Energy Policy until 2040”, the transformation costs of the Polish energy sector will amount to around EUR 200 billion, which significantly exceeds the total amount of currently available national and EU funds for decarbonisation.
