Polands heads towards Feed-in-Tariff

Poland, a country that produces 90% of its electricity with coal and once a seemingly impregnable bastion of neoliberalism in the heart of Europe, has announced that it will introduce a new law on renewable energy. The new law will introduce feed-in tariffs for the first time.

The new law, the Renewable Energy Sources Act in English, will likely not take effect until early 2013.

The announcement was made by Poland's deputy minister, Mieczyslaw Kasprzak, at a press conference 27 July 2012.

Estonia approves law to full opening of electricity market

The Estonian Riigikogu approved on Wednesday of the amendments to the electricity market law which opens up the Estonian electricity market to competition fully from January 1, 2012, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

The finance ministry has forecast that opening of the electricity market will increase the price of electricity by nearly 17% next year while electric energy tariff increases nearly 50%.