18th December 2015 in the Ministry of Energy in Warsaw took place the 11th International Conference POWER RING 2015 „Prospects of Poland’s economic development in the light of European requirements”.
The opening speech of the conference was held by:
- In the name of Krzysztof Tchórzewski, Minister of Energy - Tomasz Dąbrowski, Director of the Energy Department, Ministry of Energy (Minister's Tchórzewski's speech will be available on our website shortly).
- Jerzy Buzek, Chairman of the Public Board for Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Conference of Committee Chairs and Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the President of European Parliament in the years 2009-2012, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland in the years 1997-2001
- Michał Kleiber, Vice-President of the European Academy of Sciences And Arts, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the years 2007-2015, Minister of Science and Information Technology in the years 2001-2005
At the conference, the discussion focused on the necessary investments, the effectiveness of their implementation and the technologies supporting the development and innovation in the energy sector; the issues of funding sources and opportunities for effective implementation of such projects will also be tackled. It should be emphasized that the sector’s transformation has to meet the market expectations. It is not only about meeting the customers’ needs in the area of energy comfort, while maintaining relatively low energy prices, but also about supporting the country's energy security.
Since the beginning of the political and economic transformation in the late 1980s, Poland has been following a modernization path towards a low-emission economy. To date, this has brought a reduction of over 30% in greenhouse gas emissions, from 564 million tonnes of CO2 in 1988 to 395.6 million tonnes of CO2 in 2008. Given the external conditions and Poland’s involvement in the European Union policy, it is hardly possible for the country to give up this direction, so its further transformation towards a low-emission economy seems inevitable.
The EU’s energy and climate policy poses a great challenge for Poland. There are concerns that the costs of that transformation may be too large in relation to the benefits, particularly as the existing sources of economic growth, such as relatively low costs of labour and the availability of cheap raw materials are getting exhausted.
System solutions are therefore needed. It is assumed that one of the main ways of meeting the EU commitments while maintaining a stable economy is the development of innovation in the energy sector, which will bring about a restructuring of the industry. This, however, generates high expenditure as the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions requires the use of more expensive technologies. Such technologies are characterised by higher production costs and thus require greater investment. For ensuring appropriate quality of work of the power system, it is also necessary to create adequate operating conditions for poorly programmable renewable energy sources (RES), and to connect them to the power grid where they will cooperate with other more predictable and stable sources. Such a system can be supported by so-called “smart grids” whose function is to manage and monitor the consumers in real time, as the availability of current information online makes it possible to respond immediately to various situations. Of importance is also the development of cross-border connections.
The participants of the conference discussed the following issues:
- system solutions for a low-emission economy - the European plans and the implementation possibilities in Poland,
- the costs of implementing low-emission solutions in Poland,
- the role of power grids in meeting the EU requirements - problems related to the construction, development and operation of power networks in Poland,
- smart management.
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