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CO2 EMISSIONS: Poland released 307.91 million metric tons of CO2 in the year 2011, and is ranked #20 out of 216 countries. With per capita CO2 emissions of 8.01 metric tons per year, it is in the 3rd quartile globally. Its CO2 intensity (kg per unit GDP 2005 PPP $) is 0.46, which is higher than the average of 0.33 for its income group--the High income: OECD countries. Regarding the trend, the total CO2 emissions have increased by 1.39% during 2010-11. Over the past five years , the total CO2 emissions has worsened by 2.93%, and over the last decade the total CO2 emissions has gone up by 11.39%.



POWER GENERATION: The total net generation for Poland in 2011 was 153.39 million Mwh. Power supply from conventional thermal sources accounted for 91.73% of the total. In comparison, renewable sources including hydroelectricity contributed 8.42% of the total. The share of the non-hydro renewable component in the total generation was 6.91%. It is estimated that the coal fired power plants, the most CO2 intensive source of power accounted for around 84.33% of the total generation (top 10 globally-based on 2012 data).



[Data Source: EIA-US and World Bank-WDI]