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Renewable Energy Systems for the Malopolskie Region

The project aims to reduce emissions by introducing renewable energy sources in the communes of Niepołomice, Wieliczka, Skawina and Kłaj in Southern Poland. The four communes foresee to install geothermal heat pumps, photovoltaic systems and solar collector installations on public buildings, like schools, health care facilities and student residences, as well as to equip private households located in the area of Natura 2000 sites with solar panels providing energy for heating and hot water.
Theme/Focus Area
Environment and Infrastructure
Basic Infrastructure: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Target Group
The direct beneficiaries are public institutions and private beneficiaries carefully selected to participate in this project. They will not only benefit from reduced emissions and better air quality, but also from a higher disposable income as less conventional fuel needs to be purchased. Indirect beneficiaries are the approximately 60'000 inhabitants of the four municipalities due to reduced emissions and better air quality.
Context
The project's overall objective is to improve air quality in the project region which is to a large extent a vulnerable and therefore protected nature area. This will be achieved by reducing emissions from domestic and public hot water systems as well as by using solar power for electricity and geothermal heat pumps for heat generation. It contributes to the implementation of the Polish government's energy policy (particularly with regard to increasing the share of renewable energy in the national energy balance and reducing emissions).
Goals
The goal of the project is to improve health and living conditions for the whole population in the covered region and to improve environmental conditions, particularly with regard to air quality, in the covered region.
Activities
  • Purchase and installation of complete solar systems for domestic hot water production on carefully selected residential buildings
  • Purchase and installation of complete solar systems for hot water and heat production on carefully selected public buildings
  • Purchase and installation of geothermal heat pumps
  • Purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems
Results
  • Increase of renewable energy in the national Polish energy balance
  • Reducion of conventional fuels used in residential buildings
  • Reduction of conventional fuels used in public buildings
  • Reduction of emissions from residential and public buildings
  • Installation of not less that 3'841 complete solar systems with solar collectors installed on carefully selected residential buildings
  • Installation of more than 26 complete solar systems with solar collectors on public buildings
  • Installation of two complete photovoltaic systems on public buildings
  • Installation of more than four complete heat pump systems in public buildings

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Key data of the project
Country:
Poland Poland
Amount of the Swiss grant:
CHF 14'369'355
Total budget of the project:
CHF 23'948'924
Date of grant approval:
02.08.2011
Status:
ongoing
Responsibility for project implementation:
  • Executing agency: Niepołomice Town and Commune
Swiss contact:
Project number: UX-01008.02