Uploaded on 2015-11-23 by Kminek

The dominant fossil fuels used in Poland are coal (produced) and oil (imported). ![enter image description here][1] *Image Source: www.iea.org/sankey* **2. Where are the dominant fossil fuels mainly used for in your country?** While coal is mostly consumed in the residential sector for heating the oil is mostly used in road transport. ![enter image description here][2] *Image Source: www.iea.org/sankey* **3. It is your task to create a new policy in order to improve the environmental friendly and sustainable sources and consumption of energy of your country. How would you do that?** There is a variety of ways in which environmentally friendly and sustainable sources and consumption of energy are being promoted in my country. Sustainable sources constitute a growing branch of the total energy production. The growth of this share is being controlled by the government regulations that are constantly being updated. It is planned that by 2020 renewable sources will account for 15% of total energy consumption in Poland. The produced biowaste is the fourth biggest source of energy in Poland nowadays (6 million tonnes as compared to 21, 13 and 11 million tonnes for oil, coal and natural gas relatively). Biofuels and waste is mostly used for heating in the residential sector (65%). The reminder is consumed in Industry and Transport. Biowaste seems to be a good future way of expansion given Polish still strong agricultural profile. Yet, there’s still a lot to be done. Windmills and solar panels are virtually unapparent. Only few regions invest in windfarms while individual households install photovoltaics to aid the central heating system. Taking Polish climate into consideration both wind and water (esp. in the southern, mountain regions) energy are potentially the most beneficial ways of expanding the renewable energy share in total energy production. A complementary segment of a well-thought policy would need to be and informational campaign for the citizens. Bare information on how one can reduce their electricity, heating or petrol bill by more careful installation maintenance/setting - or simply improving their everyday decisions (ex. car sharing) can help significantly. Lowering the demand nationwide would make it then easier to reduce the share of the fossil-fuel-generated energy in the total pool. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14482850937690917.png [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1448285100524019.png