Polish renewables changes could spark solar installation boom

Poland is seeking to lure investors away from Germany, Italy and the UK

Poland’s draft renewables bill would give much greater support to large solar plants through a new feed-in tariff (FIT) and green-certificate programme.

Stanislaw Pietruszko, the head of the Photovoltaic Association of Poland (PVAP), says the country’s new renewable energy act could increase Poland’s solar capacity from 3MW to 400MW by the end of 2013.

Poland, which gets about 85% of its power from coal-fired plants, is poised to join Ukraine in offering some of Europe’s highest solar subsidies as its economy grows.

“The proposed rates are very good, higher than those in Germany,” Pietruszko says.

German developers such as Gehrlicher Solar and Conergy are preparing to tap the Polish market once the new rules Log in to read complete article.

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