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Loan (National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management - Stork)

Updated: 09.01.2019

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 (4 Priority Programme RES Stork).

Eligible technologies

All RES except geothermal are eligible.

Biogas	Eligible with a capacity between 40 kWe and 2 MWe (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork) Maximum cost of the installation: PLN 25 million (€ 5.82 m) per MW for installations with a capacity between 40 kWe and 100 kWe PLN 20 million (€ 4.66 m) per MW for installations with a capacity between 100 kWe and 300 kWe PLN 16 million (€ 3.73 m) per MW for installations with a capacity between 300 kWe and 2 MWe (6.4.7 Priority Programme RES Stork).
Wind 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 (€ 1.40 m) per MW (6.4.1 Priority Programme RES Stork).
Solar energy	Eligible with a capacity from 40 kWp to 1 MWp (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork). Maximum cost of the installation: PLN 8 million (€ 1.86 m) per MW for installations with a capacity between 40 kWp and 200 kWp PLN 8.5 million (€ 1.98 m) per MW for installations on buildings with a capacity between 200 kWp and 1 MWp PLN 6 million (€1.40 m) per MW for installations on ground with a capacity between 200 kWp and 1 MWp (6.4.2 Priority Programme RES Stork). Eligible are large solar panels with a heat accumulator. Maximum cost of the installation: PLN 3.5 million (€ 0.80 m.) for large solar panels PLN 0.3 million (€ 0.07 m.) for heat accumulator (6.4.6 Priority Programme RES Stork).
Hydro-power	Eligible with a capacity between 30 kWt and 5 MWe (7.5 Priority Programme RES Stork) Maximum cost of the installation: PLN 12 million (€ 2.79 m) per MW for installations with a capacity up to 1 MWe PLN 15 million (€ 3.49 m) per MW for installations with a capacity over 1 MWe (6.4.4 Priority Programme RES Stork).
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: PLN 7 million (€ 1.70 m) per MW for installations with a capacity between 40 kWe and 500 kWe PLN 15 million (€ 3.49 m) per MW for installations with a capacity between 500 kWe und 5 MWe PLN 20 million (€ 4.66 m) per MW for installations with ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) (6.4.8 Priority Programme RES Stork).

Amount

Addressees

Procedure

Process flow	The investor submits an application for a loan to 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.
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).

Consumers

The costs of the subsidy scheme are borne by the final consumers of electricity.

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).

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