According to PEP2040, in 19 years, more than half of the installed capacity will be zero-emission sources. The implementation of offshore wind energy into the Polish power system and the commissioning of a nuclear power plant are expected to play a special role in this process. The authors of the document indicate that, parallel to the large-scale energy sector, distributed and civic energy based on local capital will develop. The basis for the development of distributed energy, however, is the digitization of transactions and servicing of contracts between suppliers and recipients.
– We are building civic, distributed energy. This requires virtual reality, digital solutions that will meet energy needs and ensure the management of energy services and the management of energy consumers. We strive to reduce energy needs and provide the amount of electricity that end users need. We need a completely different approach to energy and a completely different vision of how the energy needs of Poles should be met. The proposals for digitization are not enough, says Prof. Zbigniew Karaczun.
Poland’s energy policy assumes that by 2030 there will be an approximately fivefold increase in the number of prosumers. On the other hand, there will be 300 energy sustainable areas at the local level. Connecting an unstable energy source is to be combined with the obligation to ensure balancing in periods when RES does not supply electricity to the grid. Hybrid solutions, combining, for example, self-balancing with the use of energy storage, are also to be promoted.
– Despite the beautiful declarations contained in this document, there is no political will to make a profound transformation and move away primarily from burning fossil fuels, i.e. coal and natural gas. We have to make this leap, first of all, to base the Polish energy sector on zero-emission sources, i.e. mainly renewable energy sources – points out the expert.
According to specialists, the shift from energy based on fossil fuels to renewable energy is only part of the energy transformation. As important as ensuring clean energy sources, it should be to maximize energy efficiency. Meanwhile, the primary energy intensity of GDP with climatic correction, although it is decreasing year by year in Poland, still remains at a high level compared to the rest of Europe. In 2017, according to the Central Statistical Office, this ratio was 0.137 kg / euro, which was 16.6%. more than the European average. In practice, this means that our production is energy inefficient.
Today, we could use three times less energy, and maintain the level of development we have today, and build rapid social and economic development in our country based on energy efficiency – comments Prof. Zbigniew Karaczun.