Poland will put 64.5 TWh up for solar photovoltaic and onshore wind projects in the last two sessions of its 2026 renewable energy auctions.
The schedule set by the Energy Regulatory Office (URE) concentrates these calls on November 9 and 10 , within a broader program of seven sessions that will take place between the 2nd and 10th of that month.
In total, the country will offer just over 76 TWh of renewable energy , with a maximum value close to 24.9 billion PLN (USD). 6.5 billion / EUR 5.7 billion)
Most of it will be solar and wind power.
Projects up to 1 MW will compete for 11.25 TWh , with a maximum value of PLN 3.825 billion. Meanwhile, installations larger than 1 MW will have access to 53.25 TWh , valued at up to PLN 14.1 billion.
That means that around 83% of the volume reserved for solar and wind power will be concentrated in larger-scale projects.
The competition will be resolved under the rules in force for the period 2022-2027 and will have price as the sole award criterion .
Furthermore, this year's auctions will be exclusively for new renewable energy installations .
Large scale is gaining importance in the Polish market
The design coincides with a transformation of the solar market in Poland, as during the first half of 2026, the country installed nearly 2.5 GW of photovoltaics , compared to just over 1.8 GW in the same period of 2025.
Much of that growth came from large-scale projects, reinforcing the gradual shift from a market historically dominated by prosumers towards utility-scale facilities.
The small-scale segment, however, continues to grow.
At the end of 2025, Poland surpassed 5.9 GW of renewable capacity in small installations , compared to just over 5.1 GW a year earlier.
The number of installations increased from 6977 to 8077 , while joint generation increased from 4.8 TWh to almost 5.5 TWh .
The number of registered generators also grew, reaching 4333 in 2025, compared to 3761 during the previous year.
But in the upcoming auctions, the weight will clearly be on the side of the larger projects.
Solar and onshore wind will compete directly for the largest share of available energy, and with price as the only filter, the pressure will fall on developers' ability to submit competitive bids without compromising the economic viability of the projects.