The use of

Alternative sources of energy

in Poland

Energy is needed for people in their lives. We need it for industrial production, transport, warming or lighting.

The environment provides energy in the form of natural resources, for example wood, coal, petroleum or gas. We also process energy in windmills or watermills.

Constant increase of the demand for energy in different forms, environmental concerns and economy are setting new challenges. The development of technology has increased the number of power plants, whose task is to provide the electric supply.

Types of Energy Sources

energy generated from natural resources - such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat, which are renewable

Alternative

Conventionalgenerally non-

renewable sources of energy

In Poland, we are obliged to purchase electricity from renewable energy sources according to the Regulation Act of 19th December 2005.

• In 2010, we adopted an amendment to the Energy Law and the new regulation.• On November 26th, 2012 the Parliament held a hearing on the implementation of EU directive on renewable energy sources. • Since mid-2013, work on a new version of the Law on renewable energy sources has been underway.

Renewable energy sources in Poland

Power plants in Poland use energy from various sources.

Renewable energy

biomass85%

hydropower 3%

geothermal

power plants

1%

wind turbine

s 2%

solar energ

y 1%

biofuel 7%

Use of alternative sources of energy in Poland

In 2011 in Poland the level of renewable energy use was 10.9 % of the total production of energy. The average of European Union which was 20.3 %. However, it was the biggest rise in the whole Union.

the use of renewable energy in Poland and European Union

Most renewable energy comes from the constant biomass. Poland has particularly good prospects for steady, high market share, because of the availability, effectiveness and EU support for the process of generating energy.

Biomass

Poland, as a country with a large number of farms has the potential for effective and long-term use of this type of source.Biomass is nothing but a dry plant. This is generally straw or wood from fast-growing trees such as willow.

In Poland, the first biofuel was produced in 1929 - it was a mixture containing 30% of alcohol and 70% of gasoline. However, it quickly disappeared from the market. Renewed interest in alternative energy resources began in the seventies of the twentieth century.

Biofuel

The obligation of adding bio fuels was imposed by the Law of 2nd October 2003. Biocomponents are used in liquid fuels and liquid biofuels.

Since 1st January 2007, another act has enabled the production of biofuels registered by individual farmers, but in a limited amount of 100 l / ha.

We are far from the states which use 85% of the energy from water, but this form is also very popular in our country and is constantly developing. The Vistula, the Oder and rivers of Pomerania region have the greatest energy potential.

Hydro-electric power stations supplied cities and ports in Gdańsk and Gdynia before the Second World War. Now, when technology is already on a high level, the use of waters flowing in our country seems to be desirable and financially logical.

Hydropower

Hydroelectric power plants in Poland

Power flow in Porąbka

Hydroelectric power plant in Włocławek

Hydroelectric Plant in Żarnowiec

Water Power Plants in Solina-Myczkowce

Power Plant in Żydowo

Wind turbines

In 2009, Poland ranked 13th in terms of installed capacity of wind power. Since we have good environmental conditions for the establishment of this type of power supply, its market share will continue to increase.

The best circumstances for the use of wind energy are in Pomerania region (north-east). The central and western part of the country provide similar functionality.

Wind turbines in Poland

Wind turbine in Darłów Wind Farm Pelplin

Wind Farm in Sława Wind Farm in Kisielice Wind turbine Golice

In Poland extraction of energy from this source is still in its infancy, but its power energy is so large that it will interest entrepreneurs who want to invest in the energy market in the future.

Geothermal power plants in Poland

Bańska Niżna

Pyrzyce

Mszczonów

Solar energy in Poland

is mainly used for

water heating in open and indoor swimming pools .

water heating

in houses.

lighting in

houses.

room heating

lighting in road signs.

lighting of roads.

drying agricultural

products and wood.

Solar CollectorsIn our local area extra funds for solar collectors are not given to citizens, but some of them buy solar collectors themselves. The local goverment helps people with buying them in neighbouring regions.

Solar plant in Wierzchoławice south of Poland

Energy Consumption in our local area.

WATER

GAS

ELECTRICITY

An average person uses 3m3 a day (90-150litres)

An average household uses 300m3 (only a gas cooker) or to 1200m3 (a gas cooker and central heating)

An average person uses 800kW a year

The gradual transition from traditional to renewable energy is a slow process, but inevitable. It influences both the environment and energy prices. The European Union with its directives contributes to developing this process in Poland.

ecycling in oland

Recycling habits, laws and people’s attitudes towards environment protection.

ecycling assumptions

Recycling means creating appropriate attitudes of producers and creating proper behaviour patterns of recipients of goods.

Recycling takes place in two areas: goods production and waste collection.

Recycling is an organised system of the circulation of materials which can be processed repeatedly

Elements included in a Polish

recycling system

eco-friendly legislative

policies of the state

development of the waste processing technology

designing goods from recycled

materials

designing possibly homogeneous

goods in terms of content

designing goods so that most of their component parts were sent for the

repeated application without processing

labeling packages of products to

facilitate easy recognition for

waste segregation

ecological education of society logistics of

sorting and waste

disposal

processing waste and

regaining raw materials

aws regarding recycling in Poland

The Polish law has imposed an obligation of selective collection of waste to local governments .

Fulfillment of the obligation of recycling

• packaging• biowaste

• electrical waste and unused electronic equipment

Local governments or enterprises are responsible for serving this purpose for 1 trial year.

To simplify recycling of plastics this code was introduced in 1988 . Originally it was designed for materials applied in dishes and packages used in households. Later it was widened to other materials, as well as to metals. These symbols facilitate sorting in recycling plants and inform consumers what material they are dealing with.

Examples of

recycling codes:

ecycling code

princliplePolish people follow the 3R principle, to promote environment-

friendly lifestyle, eco-friendly consumption of goods and dealing with waste.

use again instead of

producing too many disposable

items

avoid buying unnecessary

things,

Reduce

Reuse

Recyclesort rubbish and

throw it into a suitable

container to reuse it in later process.

egregation of waste

On 1st July 2013 Poland introduced so-called „litter act". Every citizen had to declare whether they would be segregating rubbish. Many people accepted this form of

the environmental protection.

Did you know? If you don’t sort rubbish, you have to pay more for its collection.

For waste of every kind we have an assigned colour of the container.

The local governments let people know what kinds of waste exactly should be

sorted

In Poland we cleverly dispose of not only rubbish but also other things, such as:

used clothes outdated medicatio

nsused

batteries

The population of the district of Grójec: 24.000

The number of people who have daclared to sort waste: 11.000 (25.02.2014) – but this number is constantlyincreasing.

hat is the attitude of my neighbours

towards the environment protection?

It is very easy and it’s not time consuming at all. You just have to

get a few wastepaper baskets. For us, sorting rubbish is

already a habit!

We care about the environment as

much as we can. Waste segregation is one of the ways

to do that.

You don’t need much to protect the environment. Look at me - I switch the light off when I leave the room or turn the water off while brushing my teeth.

I never leave rubbish in the woods and I always clean up after my dog in the

park. That makes the environment less polluted.

I try not to waste water, for example I take a quick shower instead of a bath. I also have a dishwasher, because then I use less water than using running water to wash up the dishes .

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Did you know?

• If you collected all the waste in Poland, it would create a mountain which is 1 km long and twice as high as Mount Everest.• 40 mln people produce 10 mln tons of waste a year.• if each citizen of Poland threw away one glass jar, there would be an extra 10 thousand tons of glass at rubbish dumps a year.• Poles throw away 400 mln aluminium tins or cans a year.• recycling of one glass bottle helps to accumulate enough energy to power: a computer for 25 minutes a TV set for 20 minutes a dishwasher for 10 minutes

Polish Comenius Team 2013-2015

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