Loan (National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management - Stork)
Updated: 10.01.2019
Author: Krzysztof Ignaciuk
The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management grants low interests loans to support the purchase and installation of RES installations (7.1 Priority Programme RES Stork). The duration of the scheme is 2015-2023, with loans granted till 2020 (4 Priority Programme RES Stork).
Eligible technologies
All RES are eligible. Maximum loan is PLN 40 million (€ 9.31 m), not more than 85% of eligible costs.
Biogas | Eligible with a capacity between 40 kWe and 2 MWe (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork) Maximum cost of the installation:
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Biomass | Eligible is high efficient cogeneration with a max. capacity between 40 kWe and 5 MWe (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork). Maximum cost of the installation:
Eligible is a biomass heat source with a capacity between 300 kWt and 20 MWt. Maximum cost of the installation:
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Geothermal energy | Eligible with a capacity between 5 MWt to 20 MWt (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork). Maximum cost of the installation:
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Aerothermal energy | Eligible with a capacity between 40 kWe and 3 MWe (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork). Maximum cost of the installation: PLN 6 million (€ 1.4 m) per MW (6.4.1 Priority Programme RES Stork). |
Hydrothermal energy | Eligible with a capacity between 30 kWt and 5 MWe (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork) Maximum cost of the installation:
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Solar thermal energy | Eligible with a capacity from 40 kWp to 1 MWp (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork). Maximum cost of the installation:
Eligible are large solar panels with a heat accumulator. Maximum cost of the installation:
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Amount
Addressees
Eligible for the loan support are enterprises (7.4 Priority Programme RES Stork)
Procedure
Process flow | The investor submits an application for a loan to the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. |
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Competent authority | The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management |
Distribution of costs
Consumers | The costs of the subsidy scheme are borne by the final consumers of electricity. |
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Distribution mechanism | The means provided by the National Fund to promote renewable energy are made up of compensation and penalty fees paid by electricity producers and suppliers that have failed to meet their quota obligations. The costs of these fees are passed on to the end-users (Art. 401 par. 7 No. 4 in conjunction with Art. 401c par. 5 Environmental Protection Act). |