Polish Ministry of Economy finalized the draft law on
renewable energy sources (RES) and sent it to the Standing Committee of the
Council of Ministers with the request as soon as possible to decide on this
issue. According to Ukrainian Biofuel Portal pellets-wood.com, the law
primarily defines the new rules of alternative energy support by the state.
The representatives of the Ministry stressed that the
project is designed in accordance with the obligations for the EU climate
policy, in particular with due regard to the share of renewable resources in
energy production. Along with that the mechanism involves the reduction of the
costs for supporting energy industry.
The draft law envisages the rejection of the existing system
of subsidizing alternative energy production in favor of the auction system, in
which the company, offering the lowest cost of energy produced, receives the
guarantee on its purchase at the proposed price for 15 years. The price will be
indexed according to inflation.
The Polish Ministry proposes that the law comes into force
in early 2015, and the auctions on purchasing "green" energy are
conducted at least once a year. The Minister of economy will announce in
advance the cost of energy for today, the maximum price that can be offered at
the auction, as well as the alternative energy sector, which will receive support from
the state this year.
The law warrants that there will be separate auctions for
renewable energy production plants with the capacity above and below 1 MW. At
the same time, at least 25 percent of energy production which is supported by
the government should be generated from low-power sources (less than 1 MW).
Thus, not only large but also small power generation companies will be able to
receive the support. Under the bill, energy consumers will bear these costs in
the form of so-called payments for renewable energy, the amount of which for
2015 is set at 2.27 PLN/MWh excluding VAT. It is planned that the calculation
of such fees will be performed by a specifically authorized company Orec
(operator of renewable energy calculation).
The project presented the forecast according to which in
2015 the average quarterly price of energy will be 220 PLN/MWh, while the
average price of electricity from renewable energy sources will be 362 PLN/MWh.
The project also provides the definition of mikro installations - low-power
equipment used for generating alternative energy for own needs. There is no
need to purchase the license for such kind of production or register the
business. The scheme of support also provides the obligation of the state to
purchase excess energy from renewable sources at the rate of 80 % of its market
price.
Polish Ministry of Economy affirms that the new bill does
not provide the support for co-firing biomass with coal in large power units,
with which today about half of Polish "green" energy is produced.
Nevertheless, the support will be provided for a so-called hybrid combustion,
when biomass is burned separately but connected to the coal or gas fired boiler
in the following parts of the installation station. The officials also claim
that the new law is aimed at preventing the use of full timber during
co-firing.
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