Biogas in
General
According to the Directive 2009/28/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy
from renewable sources the target for the share of energy from renewable
sources in gross final consumption of energy in the year 2020 for Poland is 15%
(in the year 2005 the share was 7.2%). The Directive has a mandatory 10 %
target for transport to be achieved by all Member States, which refers to
renewable sources as a whole, not biofuels alone.
Renewable electricity, heating and transport fuels: Biogas
The electric installed capacities of
biogas in
The
support system of biogas projects in
An important component of the biogas project support
is also a system of investment grants under the Operational Infrastructure and
Environment Programme, which in accordance with the
timetable of the current EU budget should be exhausted in 2013 but practically
in the first half 2011. Smaller biogas projects for
funding opportunities were supported within certain Regional Operational Programmes in the Lubelskie, Mazowieckie and Lower
Silesia, but they also will be exhausted in 2011.New opportunities for
obtaining funds to finance investments, however, emerged under the Green
Investment Scheme for Poland (GIS), implemented by the National Fund for
Environmental Protection and Water Management, which will last until 2012.
Due to changes in the Energy Law, from January 2011 operators of biogas plants are
exempt from having an energy license but they will be
required to obtain the
registration of energy companies, involved in the production of agricultural
biogas, led by the President of the
Agricultural Market Agency (ARR).
New possibilities injecting biomethane by
biogas plants into natural gas networks were introduced by amendments of the Energy
Law proceeded in 2010. Biogas plant operator will obtain additional support for biomethane
injected directly into the natural gas network - certificates of origin
of biogas (so called brown certificates). The
development of this technology is still dependent on the shape of the expected
regulation implementing the Energy Law.
Future programme changes expected
The
governmental document “Directions of
agricultural biogas plants development in
According to NREAP
the expected installed biogas capacity in
Sources
National Renewable
Energy Action Plan for
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of
energy from renewable sources. URL: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/transparency_platform_en.htm
Directions of
agricultural biogas plants development in
Central Statistical Office. 2010. RES Statistics in 2009. URL:
http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_se_energia_zrodla_odnawialne_2009.pdf
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