"RES and cogeneration: support models in the light of the European Commission recommendations"
25 November 2014, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
ul. Wspólna 30,Warsaw,
11.00 – 13.30 hrs
The conference registration form is available HERE. The Polish government is preparing a reform of the renewable energy support scheme. The core of the new system is planned to be an auctioning mechanism used for determining the prices of "green" energy, paid to its producers. Although this means the abandonment of the currently used defective system of green certificates, it still does not solve all the problems of the sector. This, in turn, may result in investors’ reluctance to further develop their activity on the Polish market.
The draft law on renewable energy sources contains also certain provisions significant for entities producing energy in CHP units. Support to cogeneration is one of the tools for implementing Poland’s and EU’s energy policy and thus contributing to CO2 emissions reduction, energy conservation, development of electricity production from RES and increase of energy security.
The Parliamentary Committees on the economy and on environmental protection have recommended the extension of the support system for high-efficiency cogeneration until 2018, but the law on renewable energy sources is still awaiting the legislators’ decisions. The situation has led to a halt in the planning of new investment projects. In the longer term, it may bring about a major slowdown in the development of low-emission sources (RES and CHP) in the future, as well as related problems with meeting our targets within the EU.
In this situation, of key significance will be the method of implementing the European Commission guidelines of April 2014 on the support scheme for renewable energy sources. It will determine the system of financing new projects and, consequently, the pace and intensity of the investment process. Given that the funds are limited, important factors will also be the ability to enter the newly shaped support scheme and to meet all its requirements in an optimum way.
The following persons have been invited to the debate:
- Janusz Pilitowski, Director, Renewable Energy Department, Ministry of Economy;
- Maciej Bando, President, Energy Regulatory Office;
- Marian Strumiłło, Vice Chairman of the Board, Dalkia Polska
- Jacek Piekacz, Director for Regulatory Issues, EDF Polska;
- Maciej Sokołowski, Director, Energy Law Department, Maciej Panfil i Partnerzy Law Office;
- Prof. Krzysztof Żmijewski, Secretary General, Public Board for Sustainable Energy Development
Additional information on the debate is available from Ms Barbara Gacia, e-mail: pr@proinwestycje.pl, tel. 609250800.
