What is the electricity generation mix in Poland?69% of the country's power in 2022 was from coal. Only 21% of Polish electricity comes from renewable energy sources, among the lowest in the EU.
notesfrompoland.com /2024/04/26/poland-saw-eus-third-highest-houshold-electricity-price-rises-in-the-second-half-of-2023/Poland saw EU's third-highest houshold electricity price rises in the second half of 2023
Alicja Ptak5-6 minutes 4/27/2024Poland recorded the EU’s third-highest rise in electricity prices for households in the second half of 2023, with costs up by almost 27% on a year earlier.
The new figures from Eurostat come as the climate minister today announced that she had approved a bill raising the cap on electricity prices for households by 21% but also introducing vouchers to help poorer households pay their energy bills.
Poland’s rise of 26.9% recorded in the second half of 2023 was behind only the Netherlands (86.3%) and the Czech Republic (81.9%). Half of member states saw prices fall, with the largest drops in Denmark (39.3%), Spain (29.9%) and Belgium (15.8%).
To compare the relative costs of electricity, Eurostat uses what is known as purchasing power standard (PPS), an artificial currency unit that accounts for differences in price levels between countries. Here, Poland had the bloc’s eighth highest price of 33.49 PPS per 100 KWh.
The Czech Republic (38.7 PPS), Cyprus (37.9 PPS), Germany (35.93 PPS) had the highest costs per 100 KWh, while the cheapest power was in Malta (14.3 PPS), Luxembourg (15.43 PPS) and Hungary (17.1 PPS)
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