June 2025 will be recorded in the past of European energy. The European Union, including Poland, has recorded an absolutely evidence production of energy from the sun, which is evidence of a progressive energy transformation. However, behind this success lies a serious problem that affects our country in particular. Although renewable energy sources (RES) covered 70% of national request at the highest point, operators had to take drastic steps. Many photovoltaic installations were forced to be restricted or excluded due to network failure. Experts alert: without immediate and powerful investments in infrastructure modernisation and energy storage, Poland may lose its chance to full exploit its green potential. The paradox of an excess of inexpensive energy that cannot be utilized becomes a fact.
A Europe bathed in the sun. Historical breakthrough in energy
Data published by renowned think tank Ember leave no illusions – Europe is experiencing a sunny boom. In June 2025 alone, photovoltaic installations in the European Union produced up to 45 terawato hours (TWh) of electricity. This is 22% more than in the same period of the erstwhile year. Moreover, photovoltaics not only met the increasing request for energy, driven by heat waves, but besides symbolically overtakes coal in the EU energy mix. Over the full 2024s, solar panels delivered 304 TWh, accounting for 11% of full EU electricity production, while the share of coal fell to just 10%. This is simply a historical minute that confirms the effectiveness of green transformation. presently RES participation in the EU mix has already reached 47%, pushing fossil fuels to 29%. This is simply a clear signal that Europe is effectively independent of imported natural materials and is building its energy sovereignty on renewable sources.
Polish paradox. evidence production and forced restrictions
Poland did not fall behind European trends. According to the president of the Polish Power Networks (PES), Grzegorz Onichimowski, on 30 June 2025 a national evidence was issued – RES covered 70% of energy request in Poland. It's a immense success that shows the tremendous possible of national photovoltaics and wind energy. Unfortunately, this triumph has a bitter taste. At the same time as solar panels worked with maximum power, the strategy operator had to scope for the alleged mechanism. authors. This means that green energy producers have been forced to reduce their production, and in utmost cases even to completely shut down their installations. This was due to the fact that the outdated network infrastructure was incapable to accept and transmit so much power. erstwhile production exceeds request and export or retention capacity is limited, marketplace prices fall below zero and the network is threatened by destabilisation. It's a paradoxical situation where excess cheap, clean energy becomes a problemNot a blessing.
Why isn't the net holding up? Experts indicate urgent needs
The problem lies in the disparity between the dynamic improvement of RES and the slow modernisation of transmission and distribution networks. Polish Power Networks have long been informing that without comprehensive action the strategy is threatened with paralysis. PSE points to the request for urgent implementation of the alleged ‘blackout package’to guarantee stableness and safety of energy supply. Key requests from experts include respective areas:
- Monitoring and control: The introduction of an work to monitor on-line production from all RES sources and energy storage, as well as the anticipation of distant control of their work by the operator.
- Cybersecurity: Certification of all devices connected to the network for opposition to hacking, which is crucial in the era of increasing digital threats.
- Simplification: Change of law to facilitate and accelerate investment in modernisation and expansion of energy networks.
- Investments in energy storage: Construction of large-scale warehouses that will let to accumulate surplus energy produced on sunny and windy days and then put it on the grid during highest request periods.
Without these actions, Poland will increasingly be forced to waste clean energy, which will not only slow down the transformation, but will besides undermine the economical sense of further investment in photovoltaics.
What does that mean for you? The future of photovoltaics in Poland
The June records and the accompanying problems are an crucial signal for all citizen, and in peculiar for current and future owners of photovoltaic installations. They mean that The problem of compulsory exemptions may increase, affecting the cost-effectiveness of home microinstallations. Network operators, in order to guarantee the stableness of the full system, will increasingly be forced to reduce production with RES. It is so crucial not only to make energy itself, but besides to manage it intelligently. The solution can be home energy retention and usage of surpluses e.g. in the evening, expanding self-consumering and network independence. Education becomes equally important. Poles must learn not only to save energy, but besides to respond flexibly to signals from the marketplace – e.g. to run energy-intensive devices during hours erstwhile electricity is the cheapest and most widely available. The June paradox is simply a cold shower, which realises that photovoltaics are no longer a curiosity, but a foundation of energy. Now Poland must urgently invest in the wise management of its tremendous power.
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