(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2012) Frączek, Paweł
Meeting the targets assumed by the EU climate and energy package constitutes a considerable challenge for the energy sector in Poland. The Polish energy sector did not undergo any significant modifications during the past years and, therefore, neither the way it functions, nor the structure of primary energy sources still based on hard coal, conform to the modern standards. The experience of other countries which, by means of a conscious energy policy, have successfully modified their energy sectors, may serve as an important facilitation contributing to the modernization of the energy sector in Poland. The energy sector in Sweden, being a part of Nordic energy market, is a good example of such a successful transformation completed thanks to consistent and effective actions initiated by the state as well as thanks to a social support. The changes adopted enabled the state to create conditions conducive to leading a balanced energy policy. The solutions adopted in Sweden may serve as an example for other countries to follow. The purpose of this paper is to describe how Sweden transformed its structure of primary energy sources, with particular emphasis on increasing the role of renewable energy sources (RES), as well as to suggest some ways of using this Swedish experience in order to modernize the energy sector in Poland and to meet the aims of the UE climate and energy package.
