The team led by prof. Dorota Niedziółka prepared a report “Renewable energy sources in creating energy security of Central and Eastern European countries”. It shows that in 2022 the share of renewable energy sources in the electricity mix of Central and Eastern European countries was 5%, and in the global economy 6%. In the EU it was 24% at that time.
The share of renewable energy in the electricity mix of the economies of our part of the Old Continent increased from zero or close to zero in 2004 to as much as 48 percent (in the case of Lithuania) in 2022. Most CEE countries recorded changes at the level of several percent. The lowest share of renewable energy in the electricity mix in CEE was achieved in 2022 by Slovakia and Slovenia (approx. 3 percent). For the global economy, a similar change resulted in an increase in the importance of renewable energy in the electricity sector from 1 percent to 6 percent, while the EU electricity mix recorded an increase from 2 percent to the aforementioned 24 percent in 2022.
Changes are happening very quickly. In the first half of 2024, for the first time in history, photovoltaic panels and wind turbines covered a greater share of the electricity demand of EU residents than fossil fuels. In Poland, the share of coal fell to 57% during this period.
Renewable energy plays a key role in three areas:
- modernization of production units
- implementation of policies aimed at energy transformation
- maintaining the energy security of European countries.
We strongly encourage you to listen to the entire conversation.
