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THE SUSTAINABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY
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EXECUTIVE SUMMERY
The fuel mix of electricity production in Poland is presently based predominantly on solid fuels.
Many of the units of generation are uneconomic, inefficient, and don't comply with the standards
of ecology and they should be withdrawn from application in future. Poland which utilizes
around 180TWh of electricity requires to define the direction of more development of the sector
of energy. The strategy of covering the domestic demand for the electricity was stated by the
government in the draft policy of energy in Poland until 2040, where it stated most of the
significant pillars of energy regulations should be following. The increased demand for energy
by quick economic development, need to control pollution and high exploitation of natural
resources has increased the interest of employing renewable energy sources. Renewable energy
is defined by the law act of Poland energy as the source using in the transformation procedure of
wind energy, geothermal, solar radiation, sea, wave, currents and tide energy.

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INTRODUCTION
This research paper analyzes how the alternative source of energy and energy reduction can be
applied to reduce consumption of energy and also reduce the emission of carbon while ensuring
positive environmental, economic and social outcomes. Priorities for the future structure of
electricity production has been defined in the trends of Europe climate policy. Poland has
important reserves for coal which will be applied to generate electricity to secure the security of
the country regarding energy to make use of indigenous resources.
The polish transition of energy towards the economy of low carbon is largely based on the ideas
of saving energy and efforts to increase the efficiency of energy. There has been an increase in
the generation of renewable energy more so wind power which is the reason for problems with
power stability and balance of power demand and supply. The growth of renewable sources of
energy applied in a cluster of local energy is the preferred option. The government of Poland
faces the role of making long term energy and policy transformation strategy that considers the
external and internal priorities and determinants. In Poland, electricity from renewable sources is
promoted through tenders for the support level definition of the premium and tariff, tax relief,
loan schemes and subsidies. The heat produced from the renewable sources of energy is
supported through subsidy, the obligation of priority purchase and loans.
RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET IN POLAND
Poland is a coal country and more than 80 per cent of its electricity originates from lignite and
coal. By 2017, renewable sources of energy were responsible for 14 per cent electricity
production especially energy from wind. Total use of energy from alternatives was 12 per cent in

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2016 especially biomass. Poland energy action plan commits the county to produce at least 16
per cent of its energy from a renewable source by 2020. Poland will experience serious problems
in attaining its goals since during the last decades, renewable energy got boosted at first from the
changes in the legislation regarding energy market. Since the year 2012, big companies of energy
lobbied against renewable energy which caused the delay in the bill of renewable energy. Since
2015, the government of Poland has priorities security of national energy over competition
practices. Investment in renewables sources of energy has paved ways to concentrate on the
maintenance of the present power base (Chen, 2011).
Fewer policies and regulations for renewable sources of energy, a certificate of green program
and support for users that generation of power has been dismantled. Subsidies from small
constructions, fittings and installation of renewable energy technologies have reduced
substantially. National fund for water and environmental management created a program to
support the available power plants to adapt to the requirement of Europe's directives of air
protection. Policy and regulations for renewable sources of energy have shifted from personal
recipients to large generator and users (Costa, 2013).
Available renewable and alternative sources of energy employed in Poland to reduce the
emission of carbon dioxide and energy consumption are based on traditional sources. Poland's
biggest potential for renewable energy lies in the wind and at the moment biomass is the most
utilized. The combined offshore and onshore wind turbine output can give 27 percents of Poland
energy by 2050. Geothermal and solar can also account for 20 per cent of the national need for
energy and the same as biomass. Solar power may be important during hot days when the
demand is high and traditional plants of power have difficulty generating power. So far, only 1-
2% of the potential geothermal and solar sources have been developed (Gilles, 2015).