Energy security – the case of Polish National Power System facing energy transition’s challenges.

Autor: Bartosz Sobik

ORCID: 0000-0001-8608-6746

Tytuł artykułu: Energy security – the case of Polish National Power System facing energy transition’s challenges.

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Abstract: Energy security plays a key role in energy and economic policy. The importance of energy security has been highlighted by the energy and geopolitical crisis. The aim of this article is to present the crucial threats and challenges facing Polish National Power System, as well as to provide solutions to ensure Poland's energy security over the next 10 years. Article verify the hypothesis that security of electricity supply in Poland may be endangered in the coming years due to, among others, investment gap, coal power plants phase-out and undiversified energy mix. Therefore, it is a necessity to accelerate the investment processes in new generation capacity, especially in nuclear energy. Energy transition plans and energy policy need to be revised in light of the current energy and geopolitical crisis. Rapid growth of photovoltaics improves the energy security, mainly in the summer period, nevertheless, there is still insufficient development of investment in renewable energy sources, particularly in wind energy. In the Polish National Power System there are a lot of constraints such as investment gap, low capacity of transmission and distribution grids and high exposure to climate risk, thus it is necessary to take comprehensive investments to improve energy security in both the short and long term. Key words: Energy security, energy transition, energy crisis, decarbonisation, coal phase-out, energy policy

Numer DOI artykułu: https://doi.org/10.62316/UMZD2421

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