In brief

• The Ministry of Energy has entered in the government's list of planned work a draft of changes to the regulations concerning system heat.
• The draft provides for a guarantee of origin system for waste heat and for the abstraction of heat from surface waters for large-scale heat pumps.
• Changes concerning heat from waste incineration plants have been announced, but we do not yet know their scope.

Changes to regulations for system heat

The Ministry of Energy has entered in the government's list of planned work a draft supplementing the regulations concerning system heat (Pompy ciepła i ciepło odpadowe. Rząd planuje zmiany w prawie – Bankier.pl). According to the entry, the ministry wants to introduce a guarantee of origin system for waste heat. The draft is also meant to allow the abstraction of heat from surface waters for large-scale heat pumps. The ministry justifies the changes by the need to support the transformation of this sector.

Heat from waste incineration plants

A separate thread concerns heat from waste incineration plants, which is to be delivered to homes (Ciepło ze spalarni odpadów ogrzeje mieszkania. Rząd szykuje zmiany w prawie – portalsamorzadowy.pl). According to the local government portal, the government is preparing changes in the law in this area.

What this means for the market

The changes concern the guarantee of origin for waste heat and the abstraction of heat from surface waters by large-scale heat pumps. The investors in projects with large heat pumps and entities producing waste heat, which could apply for guarantees of origin, will likely feel them most. For now, the only information is an announcement in the government's list of planned work, without a finished draft of the provisions.