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municipal waste
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Fig. 17.7 Production of electricity generated from renewable sources in Poland in 2002–2016 in
GWh (own study based on the data from [10])
Fig. 17.8 Structure of
electricity production
generated from renewable
sources in Poland in 2002 in
GWh (own study based on
the data from [10])
2002
hydro
wind
solid biofuels
biogas
have similar physical-geographical conditions. In the European Union of 28 Member
States, the share of electricity produced in hydropower plants is between 36.5 and
43.8%. The largest producers of energy in hydropower plants include Austria and
Slovakia (over 65%), the main factor here being landscape conditions. The opposite
is the Netherlands, whose share reaches only 1%, and energy derived from wind
dominates. Countries neighboring Poland, such as Germany, have a slightly larger
share in the production of energy from hydropower (currently dominated by wind
and solar energy). Lithuania, in turn, has a share of hydropower in renewable energy
sources more than twice as large as Poland. It is because of a small production of
electricity from other sources classified as renewable energy sources.
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hydro
wind
solid biofuels
municipal waste
liquid biofuels
biogas
solar energy
Fig. 17.7 Production of electricity generated from renewable sources in Poland in 2002–2016 in
GWh (own study based on the data from [10])
Fig. 17.8 Structure of
electricity production
generated from renewable
sources in Poland in 2002 in
GWh (own study based on
the data from [10])
2002
hydro
wind
solid biofuels
biogas
have similar physical-geographical conditions. In the European Union of 28 Member
States, the share of electricity produced in hydropower plants is between 36.5 and
43.8%. The largest producers of energy in hydropower plants include Austria and
Slovakia (over 65%), the main factor here being landscape conditions. The opposite
is the Netherlands, whose share reaches only 1%, and energy derived from wind
dominates. Countries neighboring Poland, such as Germany, have a slightly larger
share in the production of energy from hydropower (currently dominated by wind
and solar energy). Lithuania, in turn, has a share of hydropower in renewable energy
sources more than twice as large as Poland. It is because of a small production of
electricity from other sources classified as renewable energy sources.