The Polish government is looking for additional sources of income to fuel the state budget, to cope with unprecedented expenditures connected to the COVID-19 health crisis, among those under consideration is the Digital Single Tax (DST). 

Digital technologies in the development of the fifth-generation wireless communication networks (5G) is a high priority of the Polish government.

Poland plans to install smart meters at 80% of end-users by 2026. Currently the number of intelligent meters installed constitutes only 5% of the total number of meters in operation (1.3 million).

The Polish government is working on legislation to allow the construction of wind farms off of Poland’s coastline.

Photovoltaics will experience significant growth in Poland in the upcoming years.

Poland is ranked fifth in the world in yacht production volume and second in world production of yachts up to 10 meters in length (after the United States).  An overwhelming majority of Poland’s yacht production (95%) is exported worldwide. Small pleasure boats of up to 10 meters dominate in Poland (89% of all registered recreational boats) and motor boats are the prevailing type of registered boats (80%). 

Polish state-controlled oil and gas company PGNiG, recently announced their plans to implement a hydrogen program consisting of five projects, implemented over the course of five years at a total cost of nearly $8 million. 

Poland plans to spend $30 billion on clean heating to fight smog. The World Health Organization says that 33 out of Europe’s 50 most polluted cities are in Poland, including Krakow and cities in the southern Silesia coal mining region. 

Poland’s strategy to meet its growing electricity consumption is a national energy and climate plan. 

Robotics engineering is a growing market sector in Poland.