Energy storage gets huge boost from politicians
State-owned public power company PGE has said that in targeting carbon neutrality by 2050 it is planning at least 800MW of energy storage deployments by 2030.
Policymakers in Poland have removed legal and regulatory barriers to the development of the energy storage industry.
The Polish Parliament adopted an amendment to national Energy Law concerning the treatment and definition of energy storage, with 443 members of parliament voting in favour of a bill, only three opposing it and no abstentions.
The comprehensive regulations “open up the possibility of using energy storage facilities in various areas of the power system,” Barbara Adamska, president of the Polish Energy Storage Association told Energy-Storage.news. The new rules cover the licensing of electricity storage systems in what Adamska said is a “rational” way and eliminates tariff obligations for “double charging” for energy storage systems’ connection to th