Poland

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Estimated available energy sources
Fossil Fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other
renewable
Total amount in specific units*  82.030  22  216  7272 n.a.  n.a. 
Total amount in exajoules (EJ)  1710.75 0.97   8.12 3.64  n.a.  n.a. 

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

Million Terajoule (TJ)
Average annual
growth rate (%)
Years 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2000 to 2016
Energy consumption**            
- Total 3.53 5.21 4.33 3.71 3.86 4.22 4.00 4.18 0.75
- Solids*** 2.90 4.02 3.30 2.36 2.29 2.29 2.02 2.05 –0.88
- Liquids 0.37 0.77 0.56 0.80 0.91 1.08 1.01 1.11 2.07
- Gases 0.22 0.37 0.38 0.42 0.51 0.54 0.58 0.61 2.36
- Nuclear
- Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
- Other
renewables
0.03 0.03 0.07 0.16 0.19 0.30 0.38 0.33 4.63
Energy production      
- Total 4.00 5.10 4.34 3.29 3.26 2.79 2.82 2.78 –1.05
- Solids*** 3.76 4.85 4.14 2.96 2.86 2.31 2.24 2.18 –1.89
- Liquids 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 1.81
- Gases 0.18 0.19 0.10 0.14 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.43
- Nuclear
- Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
- Other
renewables
0.03 0.03 0.06 0.15 0.18 0.28 0.35 0.33 5.05
Net import (Import– Export)    
- Total -0.46 0.11 0.03 0.37 0.67 1.32 1.17 7.46

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2000 to
2016
Capacity of electrical plants (GW(e))*              
- Thermal 11.38 20.66 25.99 28.37 29.78 29. 91 29.96 29.78 0.30
- Hydro** 0.74 1.30 1.89 2.18 2.32 2.34 2.37 2.39 0.58
- Nuclear              
- Wind       0.12  1.11 4.89 5.75 48.76
- Geothermal              
- Other renewable              
- Total 12.12 21.96  27.88 30.55 32.22 33.36 37.22 40.85 1.83
Electricity production (TWh)*            
- Thermal 62.64 118.59 120.13 128.10 139.45 138.25 137.40 136.95 0.42
- Hydro 1.89 3.28 3.28 4.07 3.74 3.46 2.41 3.06 –1.77
- Nuclear              
- Wind     0.14 1.66  10.73 12.28 55.98
- Geothermal              
- Other renewable       0.04  0.29  0.09  0.16 — 9.05 (for 2015) 
- Total1 64.53  121.87 123.41 132.21 143.62 143.46 150.70 152.00 0.88
Total electricity consumption (TWh) 59.02 109.44  124.71 124.58 131.19 144.45 150.37 164.63 1.11

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 108.09 145.80 111.10 97.24 102.21 109.28 103.41 n.a.
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 1 807 3 063 3 276 3 257 3 438 4 092 4 283 4 388
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 5.8 8.6 11.96 15.89 17.49 20.21 20.96 n.a.
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ratio of external dependency (%)1 –13.03 2.11 3.31 9.4 17.69 31.3 29.2 30.3

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2017

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]
Status Operator Reactor
Supplier
Construction
Date
First
Criticality
Date
First Grid
Date
Commercial
Date
Shutdown
Date
UCF
for
2017
ZARNOWIEC-1 PWR 427 Cancelled Constr. EJZ SKODA 1984-03-01 1990-09-04
ZARNOWIEC-2 PWR 427 Cancelled Constr. EJZ SKODA 1984-03-01 1990-09-04
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.