Against the background of Europe, Polish renewable energy looks pale. The record holder obtains 99 percent from them. energy
32 percent in the first week of April, a Counting from the beginning of the year 24 percent electricity produced in Poland came from renewable sources. These are not very optimistic data, because a year ago in the first quarter we had over 27 percent. Less this year was blowing. In March, the sun was better, but it did not make up for the loss of a weaker wind.
In the whole last year we had 27.9 percent of renewable energy energy. In Europe, only few impresses, not only in Europe. Think Tank Energetyczny Ember calculated that last year in the world 40 percent Energy was obtained from clean sources, and the role of solar panels is growing the fastest.
On the Old Continent, the share of this type of energy is smaller than in Poland only in seven countries, including four EU countries. The percentage of energy from renewable sources is smaller only: Czechs, Hungarians, Slovaks and Bulgarians.
However, with this provision that they simply do not have to invest such sums like us in renewable energy, because they have atomic power plants. They do not emit costly CO2, so they are not burdened with EU paragraph from emissions, producing cheap energy.
The atom does the trick
The Czechs, although renewable energy have relatively not much, they also gave nuclear power plants last year. 56.4 percent electricity. The rest is completed by the current from cheap brown coal (33.4 percent) and gas (4.9 percent) and this is currently charged with the ETS fee. In the case of Hungarian renewable energy plus atom they gave last year. 63.7 percent electricity, in Slovakia as much as 83.8 percent, and in Bulgaria 67.3 percent Reactors, which are still built on Soviet technologies, give so much electricity that investments in renewable energy do not have to be made “for rape” as in Poland to avoid burdens in the form of the need to pay for CO2 emissions.
Renewable energy, but mainly water
Switzerland is already produced by non -EISSIONAL sources. But contrary to appearances, there are not many windmills or solar panels. 41 percent electricity in 2024 provided nuclear power plants there, 26.2 percent stable power plants at water tanks, and 4.3 percent hydroelectric power plants on rivers. Solar energy accounted for 8.1 percent, and the wind was only 0.3 percent.
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Norway as much as 99 percent electricity from non -emission sourcesand only 1 percent from gas power plants. Here, for natural reasons, solar power plants have a small share, but there are not many wind, because they gave only 9.4 percent, while in Poland as much as 15 percent. Up to 68.3 percent They gave power plants at water reservoirs, 19.4 percent hydroelectric power plants on rivers, and 1.4 percent Summit and storage power plants (energy warehouses). They do not have an atomic power plant in Norway.
Sweden as much as 96.3 percent It had electricity from renewable energy and atom last year. Here is a strong wind branch (24.9 percent), but the strongest branches – power plants at water reservoirs (40.1 percent) and nuclear (30.1 percent).
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France (93.1 percent) also has a high share of non -Entity Energy with a predominance of atom (60.8 percent) and only 12.6 percent wind energy, i.e. less than Poland. The energy mix is complemented by river power plants (11 %) and gas (2.6 percent).
Finally, Austria produces as much as 87.9 percent from renewable energy and atom. electricity During the year, including wind and solar solar than in Poland, because 13.7 percent respectively (in Poland 15 percent) and 8.5 percent (in Poland 11 percent).
As you can see, there are countries with the leadership of renewable energy in the energy sector, but They are usually stable water capacity, not unstable wind and sunny powers. Of course, the water ones can also be unstable during hydrological drought, so you need a reserve or open import possibilities.
There are also countries in Europe that are based on emission sources. Apart from Poland, however, these are only non -EU countries: Kosovo with energy only from the brown coal power plant, Moldova (93.6 percent gas), Macedonia (50.9 percent brown coal), Serbia (62 percent brown coal) and Bosnia and Hercegovina (64.3 percent brown coal).
From important countries that we have not mentioned above, you also need to write about Germany, where non -emission sources give 55.8 percent. electricity (including 25.2 percent wind), and stable sources are: brown coal (15.9 percent) and gas (12.7 percent). And the United Kingdom, which produces 42.5 percent of emission sources. And these are only renewable energy, and the energy mix supplements with gas (57.3 percent).
Addiction of gas energy turned out to be after Russia's aggression to Ukraine with a problem of several European economies like the Netherlands (27.5 percent of gas from gas) and Greece (42 percent), Italy (39.5 percent) or Moldova (93.6 percent). Gas is still expensive in Europe, but as a result of the US administration customs policy and crisis predictions for the economy, the price dropped below 34 euros per MWh, which was the last time in May 2024.
Author: Jacek Frączyk, Business Insider Polska editor
