Abolished in 2022 based on questionable arguments about its negative impact on electricity prices, the exchange obligation is now returning in the amendment to the RES Act (UD 332). There is an ongoing debate around whether the exchange obligation should apply to renewable energy sources or not. A threshold of 10 MW has been introduced […]

Judging by the title alone, one might be surprised that this short text concerns wind farm development. However, when reading the draft of the so-called Grid Package (UC 84), currently being debated in the Polish Parliament, one can find provisions that could indeed be described as gambling. Let us examine the issue step by step. […]

How Polish Law Learned the Art of Subtle Blackmail Nearly ten years ago, the government introduced the 10H law, officially out of concern for the landscape and residents’ peace. In practice, this meant the end for wind energy – in Poland’s highly dispersed development, finding locations that met the new requirements became a practically impossible […]