Polish energy has reached an unprecedented level of development. Data from the Ministry of Climate and Environment shows that by the end of 2025, the share of renewable energy sources in the country's total installed capacity exceeded 50 percent. This is a historic moment, accompanied by record electricity production from green sources, accounting for nearly one-third of national consumption. This process is supported by both large investments and growing prosumer activity.

Historic capacity record

The share of RES in installed capacity in Poland exceeded 50% at the end of 2025, reaching exactly 50.04% (over 37 GW).

Record energy production

Last year, green sources produced 55 TWh of electricity, constituting 31.41% of total electricity generation in the country.

Dynamic prosumer growth

The capacity of prosumer installations increased to 13 GW, and the amount of energy they fed into the grid grew by nearly 10%.

The Polish energy economy has reached a turning point. As announced by Minister of Climate and Environment Paulina Hennig-Kloska, at the end of December 2025, the share of RES in installed capacity was exactly 50.04 percent, translating to 37,777 MW. This is an unprecedented result, considering that just five years ago, the Polish system relied almost exclusively on fossil fuels. This growth is not merely theoretical; actual energy production from green sources reached 55 TWh last year, constituting 31.41 percent of total electricity generation in the country. For comparison, in 2020, this indicator was only 17.83 percent. A key element of this transformation is the development of prosumers. In 2025 alone, they fed 8.7 TWh of energy into the grid, representing an increase of nearly 10 percent year-on-year. The total capacity of prosumer installations grew to 13 GW. The efficiency of these systems improved due to favorable weather conditions and the trend of individual consumers installing higher-capacity units. Simultaneously, a decrease in the emission intensity of Polish electricity is observed. Emission intensity periodically dropped to 650 g CO2/kWh, whereas just a few years ago, values around 800-900 g CO2/kWh were standard. Poland's energy transformation gained momentum after 2015, when regulatory pressure from the European Union and falling costs of photovoltaic and wind technologies forced a move away from the dominance of hard and lignite coal. „We have passed a breakthrough moment in the development of RES in Poland! For the first time in history, the share of renewable energy sources in installed capacity in our country has exceeded 50 percent.” — Paulina Hennig-Kloska 2020: 17.83, 2025: 31.41 37,777 MW — total green energy capacity in Poland Experts from the Institute of Renewable Energy (IEO) indicate that 2026 will be a time of verification for many projects that have so far existed only on paper. The challenge remains the modernization of transmission networks to accommodate the growing amount of weather-dependent energy. On the international stage, ambitious goals are also set by corporations; Microsoft announced that 100 percent of its annual energy consumption now comes from RES, which is a milestone in implementing its negative emission strategy by 2030. Poland, although still struggling with a high carbon footprint compared to other EU countries, is dynamically closing the gap to transformation leaders.Liberal media emphasize the need for a faster departure from coal and praise prosumers for the grassroots energy revolution in Poland. | Conservative editorial offices point to the costs of grid modernization and system stability, which still require conventional sources.

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