Bioenergy in Poland

In this article we presented the current state and prospects for development of bioenergy in Poland. There are over 100 energy crop plantations of the area of at least 5 ha each, 44 pellet and/or briquette producers, over 100 biomass thermal power plants of power of at least 0.5 MW, 40 biomass and coal cofiring thermal power plants, 39 biofuel producers of capacity of 1 million dm3/year, 80 biogas power plants located at municipal waste sites, 56 biogas power plants located at sewage treatment works, 8 agricultural biogas power plants, one municipal waste incinerator, and 46 medical waste incinerators. In the near future it is planned to further develop renewable energy based on biomass.