Although the call for proposals in the "Mój Prąd" programme will run until 18 December this year, the applicants have already exhausted a billion PLN grant pool dedicated to micro photovoltaic installations. But there is also good news: the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM) is not closing the call but is adding an additional PLN 100 million for investments in electricity production from prosumer PV installations of 2-10 kW.

"I am convinced that, in the face of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of low and zero-carbon strategies in the energy sector is an opportunity for the much anticipated new impetus to economic development" - said the Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, during today's webinar "Climate Neutrality - V4 Perspective" devoted to the perspective of achieving climate neutrality by Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Sweden. The meeting has been organised by the Polish embassy in Stockholm as part of the Polish Presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4).

The political and economic programmes for energy transformation and climate change mitigation in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic were the main topics of the 3rd Franco-German Energy Forum. The event, which took place on 3 November 2020, was attended by Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

Issues of cooperation in the field of energy and climate were the main topic of the meeting of the Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Poland Daphne Bergsma, which took place on 30 October 2020.

Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, took part in the first day of the OECD Ministerial Council.

The role of renewable energy sources in Polish energy sector and economy was the main theme of the opening ceremony of the 3rd Energy Trends Congress. The event, which took place on 27 October 2020, was attended by Vice-Minister of Climate and Environment Ireneusz Zyska.

Poland has nominated Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, for the post of Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the 2021-2026 term.

The Minister of Climate and Environment Michał Kurtyka and German Ambassador to Poland Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven talked about issues related to climate and energy policy. The meeting took place on 26 October in Warsaw.

The first meeting of the Global Future Council on Clean Air, where an international body of experts in environmental issues jointly work on improving air quality, took place on 19 October. As Minister Michał Kurtyka pointed out, the aim of the council should be, among other things, to exchange experiences and learn about good practices in the field of curbing the issue of smog.

Energy sector transformation, its financing social impact were the main issues raised by Minister Michał Kurtyka during the “Imagining a Post-Coal Power Sector” debate. The event, which was organised as part of the Aspen-Columbia Global Energy Forum, took place on 14 October 2020.