What is the largest solar PV market in Poland?

By geographical distribution, the largest share of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Poland is belonging to the Lublin province with more than 10 % of all installations in the country. Is it possible Polish solar PV market to start growing sizeable in the near future?

Is there a potential for large-scale solar PV development in Poland?

Aside from those systems, there is also significant potential for large-scale PV development in Poland. Especially since 2019 - in the CfD tenders for large-scale RES installations - solar PV was able to successfully compete with onshore wind farms.

Is Poland a good place to invest in solar?

Introduction Poland is now one of the Top 5 solar PV investment markets in Europe. In 2021 alone, the country added around 3.2 GW of solar PV installations.

Who can apply for a photovoltaic installation in Poland?

The program is dedicated to households in Poland. Only domestic persons generating electricity for their own needs can become beneficiaries. You can apply for the program even if you purchased the installation after February 1, 2020. This means that you can qualify for the costs already incurred for a photovoltaic installation.

Why are solar installations increasing in Poland?

The sudden increase in solar installations in recent years was mainly due to Poland’s rooftop PV incentive program and its net metering schemes, which ended by 1 April 2022, but also due to a ‘contract for difference’ (CfD) tender scheme for 1 MWp solar farms implemented at the end of 2016.

What happened to the solar market in Poland?

If you look at our residential sales in Poland, 80% of it happened in the January-March period. In April, the market simply vanished. In May, activity started to pick up slowly. But by this point, people have already realized how net billing works, so this is no longer holding them back from installing solar as it did in the first place.