According to the Institute for Renewable Energy Research (IEO), Poland's cumulative installed PV capacity has exceeded 17GW by the end of 2023.

By the end of December 2023, Poland's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 17,057 MW, ranking among the top of all renewable energy sources. It was followed by wind power (9,428 MW) and hydropower (997 MW).

Poland added 4.6GW of PV capacity last year. The IEO calculated the figure based on another study published in May 2023. By the end of 2022, Poland's cumulative installed PV capacity exceeded 12.4GW.

In recent years, Poland's installed PV capacity has been growing. According to IEO data, as of the end of the third quarter of 2023, Poland has received grid approval for photovoltaic projects reached 18GW.

According to the IEO, as of the third quarter of 2023, a total of 6,929 projects had been licensed to connect to the grid. Compared to the information at the end of the first quarter of 2023 in the previous database, the number of projects increased by 41% and the total amount of electricity generated increased by 46%.

Recently, Polish transmission system operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne(PSE) announced a plan to invest 64 billion zlotys ($16 billion) in the construction of new transmission lines by 2034.

In its new 2025-2034 draft development plan, the Polish transmission system operator plans to add more than 4,800 km of 400kV lines to upgrade the Polish grid, adding 45GW of PV capacity to the grid by 2034, of which around 20GW is large ground PV and around 25GW is rooftop PV.

In its updated National Energy Climate Plan, Poland aims to have 29.3GW of PV installed capacity by 2030, 22GW more than the previous version of the National Energy Climate Plan submitted in 2019. Editor/Xu Shengpeng