By the end of 2023, Poland's cumulative photovoltaic installed capacity has exceeded 17GW

According to the Institute of Renewable Energy (IEO), a Polish research organization, Poland's cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity has exceeded 17GW by the end of 2023.

As of the end of December 2023, Poland's cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity reached 17,057 MW, ranking first among all renewable energy sources. This is followed by wind power (9428MW) and hydropower (979MW).

Poland’s newly installed photovoltaic capacity reached 4.6GW last year. IEO calculated this number based on another study released in May 2023. As of the end of 2022, Poland's cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity exceeded 12.4GW.

In recent years, Poland's installed photovoltaic capacity has continued to grow. According to IEO data, as of the end of the third quarter of 2023, the number of photovoltaic projects in Poland that have been approved for grid connection reached 18GW.

IEO said that as of the third quarter of 2023, a total of 6,929 projects have obtained grid connection permissions. Compared with the information at the end of the first quarter of 2023 in the previous database, the number of projects increased by 41% and the total power generation increased by 46%.

Recently, Polish transmission system operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) announced a plan to invest 64 billion zlotys ($16 billion) in new transmission lines by 2034.

In its new draft development plan for 2025-2034, the Polish transmission system operator plans to add more than 4,800 kilometers of 400kV lines to upgrade the Polish power grid and add 45GW of photovoltaic capacity to the grid by 2034, of which large-scale ground-mounted photovoltaic is about is 20GW, and rooftop PV is about 25GW.

In its updated national energy and climate plan, Poland aims to have 29.3GW of installed PV capacity by 2030, 22GW more than the previous version of the national energy and climate plan submitted in 2019.