New Support Scheme For Renewable Energy Sources Already Adopted

Poland's parliament recently adopted a new act on renewable energy sources ("RES") that significantly changes the RES support scheme in the country.

After a lengthy legislative process, the final draft of the act on renewable energy sources (the "Act") was adopted by the Polish parliament on 20 February 2015. The Act will now be put forward for the Polish president's signature. The Act will come into force once it has received this signature and subsequently been published. Provisions relating to the new support scheme will enter into force on 1 January 2016, while most of the remaining provisions will do so 30 days after publication.

The Act transposes the provisions of the Directive 2009/28/EC on renewable energy into Polish legislation.