The Photovoltaic Market in Poland 2025 report, released at the end of last month, found that Poland ranked fifth in the EU for new solar capacity added last year and maintained its sixth-place position in total cumulative installed capacity.
By the end of 2024, Poland’s total installed PV capacity reached 21.2 gigawatts (GW), rising to 22 GW by the end of the first quarter of 2025. While the 2024 capacity increase of 4.1 GW matched growth seen in 2022, it fell short of the record 4.6 GW added in 2023.
The structure of Poland’s PV sector is also shifting. Micro-installations under 50 kilowatts (kW) accounted for 60 percent of the market at the end of Q1 2025—a 4-percent decrease—while the share of small installations (50–1000 kW) fell to 21.9 percent.
In contrast, large-scale solar farms over 1 megawatt (MW) increased their market share from 11 percent to 20 percent, with 2.4 GW of solar farm capacity added in 2024.
Photovoltaic energy accounted for 38.5 percent of electricity generated from renewable sources, 10.6 percent of Poland’s electricity consumption, and 2.2 percent of total national energy use at the end of 2024.
PV energy made up 9 percent of all electricity fed into the national grid—slightly above the EU average, though behind countries such as Germany, where solar contributes 13.7 percent.
When combined with wind energy, weather-dependent renewables made up 23.5 percent of Poland’s electricity generation. Overall, renewable sources accounted for 28.5 percent of electricity production.
However, the sector’s rapid expansion has triggered new challenges. The transmission system operator began curtailing solar output in mid-June 2025, reducing production by an estimated 600 gigawatt-hours (GWh), primarily from large-scale PV farms.
Industry analysts warn that increasingly frequent restrictions, along with falling electricity prices, are slowing new investment and could jeopardize Poland’s clean energy targets.
To address these concerns, the report recommends better integration between the solar and heating sectors, the introduction of dynamic electricity tariffs, and a shift in how distribution fees are structured.
The authors also call for a broader overhaul of Poland’s energy market to incentivize the use of low-cost solar power.
(gs)
Source: pap-mediaroom.pl