The government will next month increase the size of the state subsidies available to households for the installation of solar panels and energy storage, climate minister Anna Moskwa has announced.
Since 2019, the government’s Mój Prąd (meaning My Electricity) programme has offered subsidies for solar panels, leading to a huge rise in installations across Poland. This year the initiative was expanded to include home energy storage as well, amid an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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“The development of renewable energy sources is a good prescription for rising energy prices following the war,” said Moskwa on Tuesday. “Therefore, as of 15 December, under the Mój Prąd programme, we are raising the subsidy for photovoltaic installations to 6,000 zloty (€1,275) and for energy storage to…