Polish news

Poland's power transmission network must to be upgraded.

Poland must upgrade its power transmission network and update laws to help the development of wind power as part of a shift from heavilly polluting coal.

Poland is getting more than 90% of its electricity from coal whereas just 7% of the 150 million megawatt hours of annual power production comes from renowable sources.

Jaroslaw Mroczek, the head of the Polish Wind Energy Association says that the problem of wind energy in Poland is the lack of connections to the network and the transmission links themselves.

Poland's transmissions network is generally outdated and a large part reaches back the communism.

This situation should be replaced shortly to prevent more black-outs in the EU's biggest ex-communist economy.

Source: Thomson Reuters