With growing awareness of the need to protect the environment from human activity and the development of technology, public and private investors, as well as existing users of energy-generating installations, are required to adapt their facilities and systems to comply with increasingly stringent regulations setting limits on emissions, refrigerants, reagents, or the possibility of using specific installation solutions.
To address the implications of using outdated technologies, the European Union has developed a legislative package called ”Fit for 55” - https://www.consilium.europa.eu/pl/policies/green-deal/fit-for-55/), i.e. a set of proposals to amend and update EU legislation and establish new initiatives to ensure that EU policies are consistent with the climate objectives set by the European Council and the European Parliament, which include:
- Bringing Member States closer to reducing emissions in the European Union by at least 55% by 2030,
- Achieving climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050.
Furthermore, in view of the current international situation, Poland took steps in 2022 to update its energy policy for the period up to 2040 (https://www.gov.pl/web/klimat/zalozenia-do-aktualizacji-polityki-energetycznej-polski-do-2040-r). The main objectives of this update include:
Increasing technological diversification and expanding capacity based on domestic resources – this point aims to enable Poland to meet its electricity demand through the use of technologically diversified domestic sources in order to maintain a high degree of energy independence:
- Further development of renewable energy sources – the aim is to ensure that approximately half of Poland's electricity production comes from renewable sources.
- Improving energy efficiency – with an aim to reduce energy demand through, among other things, thermal modernization and renovation of buildings.
- Further diversification of supplies and securing alternatives to hydrocarbons – in order to gradually reduce the economy's dependence on natural gas and crude oil.
- Aligning investment decisions on gas generation capacity with fuel availability – the primary objective is to explore opportunities for using other energy sources that are viable alternatives to coal or natural gas in heating.
- Use of coal-fired units – the aim is to modernize existing coal-fired units in order to improve their operating parameters and reduce their environmental impact, enabling better conditions for the integration of renewable energy sources into the power system by guaranteeing adequate power reserves.
- Implementation of nuclear power plants – with an aim to ensure a stable and clean energy supply that is not easily affected by fuel supply disruptions. In addition, the implementation of small modular reactors is being considered.
- evelopment of power network and storage facilities – the primary objective is to reduce disruptions in the generation or transmission of energy from Renewable Energy Sources.
Compliance with the above conditions requires numerous decisions to be made regarding organizational, legal, and investment processes at all levels of the economy.
At BBF, in order to maintain the highest standards of service delivery, we constantly monitor changes in legislation so that we can adapt our offer to the changing needs of the following sectors:
- Waste to Energy (WtE)
- Photovoltaic installations
- Biomass power plants
- Wind power plants
- Hydrogen technologies
- Exhaust gas treatment systems
- Energy storage systems
