Poland's spectacular boom in renewable energy

This news has not gone unnoticed in Poland, a country traditionally producing coal. For the first time in the country's history, in June, the share of electricity generated by renewable energy (mainly wind and solar) exceeded that generated by coal (hard coal and lignite). This represents 44.1% of the former compared to 43.7% of the latter, according to estimates by Forum Energii, an energy analysis center based in Warsaw.

This figure confirms an underlying trend in the country, where renewable energy is booming. In 2024, coal produced only 56% of annual electricity—4 percentage points less than in 2023, according to Forum Energii. Renewable energies contributed 29% of electricity over the same period, an increase of 2 points compared to the previous year. Overall, in the space of a decade, the importance of coal in electricity generation has almost halved, with a clear deceleration since 2021, as it still accounted for 80% of electricity produced in 2015 and 73% in 2021.

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