The Ministry of the Environment in Poland has shortlisted projects for an energy storage capex support programme totalling PLN4.15 billion (c.€1 billion or US$1.17 billion), with 183 eligible to progress to the next round.
The scheme, approved by the EU in March, is being administered by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management of Poland, which is overseen by the Ministry of the Environment. Projects must be at least 2MW/4MWh to qualify.
The ranking list was prepared based on an evaluation of applications based on accessibility and quality criteria, in order from highest to lowest, the Fund said when it released it earlier this week (8 December).
A total of 480 projects have qualified for the funding but, because of the funding programme’s limited size, only the top 183 – those scoring 32 assessment points or higher – will be considered for funding. The full list is available to download here. The total capacity of the 180 projects that qualified is reportedly 20GW/122GWh.
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Notable names that appear in the top 183 projects include developer/IPPs FRV and Grenergy, while projects from state-owned power firm PGE also appears to have progressed: many more high-profile names will be among the bidders, but will have bid in under ambiguous special purpose vehicle (SPV) names.
The scheme does not explicitly specify battery energy storage system (BESS) technology as the only eligible technology, but it is geared towards it with a minimum round-trip efficiency of 90% which most other technologies would struggle with, and discusses battery components throughout its documentation.
The grid-scale energy storage market in Poland has been kickstarted by the state with programmes like this one as well as the capacity market (CM), which began handing out long-term revenue contracts in 2022, 2023 and 2024 for delivery obligations starting in 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively.
In total, those three auctions awarded contracts to nearly 4.4GW of BESS, with 165MW in 2022, 1.7GW in 2023 and 2.5GW in 2024. Construction on some of the major projects amongst these is underway, including from Greenvolt and PGE.
The 2025 auction for delivery in 2030 meanwhile is currently underway, running from 11 December (yesterday) to 24 December.
There are challenges in Poland, however. At Solar Media’s Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe 2025 in September, an executive from Grenergy said that energy storage is still under-regulated in Poland and that this needed to change, while one from optimiser Entrix said that the country needed a more concrete long-term plan for the sector.
Next year’s event will run on 6-7 October, again in the capital of Poland, Warsaw.
Energy-Storage.news publisher Solar Media is hosting the Energy Storage Summit EU 2026 in London, UK, on 24-25 February 2026 at the InterContinental London – The O2. See the official website for more details, including agenda and speaker lists.
