One fifth of electricity from gas.
- Gas units (natural gas and coke oven gas) broke another record for electricity production in December. According to estimates by Forum Energii, they produced 3.2 TWh, which translates into 20.4% of the energy mix.
- Coal-fired power plants produced most of the electricity in Poland, i.e. 8.9 TWh, which accounts for 56.9% of the mix. This represents an increase of 2.9% month-on-month, with a simultaneous decrease of 7.6% year-on-year. Of this, 6.1 TWh was produced from hard coal (a decrease of 3.2% y/y) and 2.8 TWh from lignite (a decrease of 15.9% y/y).
- Wind farms produced 2.1 TWh of electricity, which is 16.3% more than in November, but 19.3% less than in December 2024. In turn, despite a seasonal decline in production, photovoltaic installations produced 0.4 TWh of electricity, almost twice as much as in December 2024.
- Emissions allowance prices continue to rise, reaching EUR 82.7/tCO2 in December, an increase of 2.6% month-on-month and 23.0% y/y.
- Gas prices on the international TTF market fell by 11.1% and 39.8% y/y. However, prices on the domestic market are falling less rapidly: on the Polish Power Exchange, prices fell by only 0.1% m/m and 28.0% y/y.
The entire analysis is available on our website: https://www.forum-energii.eu/en/monthly-magazine-1
