Industrial emissions in Poland - database
Exemplary takeaways based on the database. Use arrows to navigate between slides.
Full database
The database has the form of a Google Sheet, containing data on CO2, other greenhouse gasses and other ail pollutants’ emissions from individual industrial facilities in Poland between 2010-2024. You’ll also find visualisations here, aiding in understanding of the data and presenting selected insights from our analysis.
Key findings
- CO₂ emissions from industrial installations in Poland amounted to approx. 60 million tons in 2024, representing nearly 20% of the country’s total CO₂ emissions.
- Unlike the power sector, industry is not yet decarbonizing. Emissions have remained stable for years, with minor fluctuations resulting from varying production levels
- CO₂ emissions in the Polish industry are strongly concentrated. Decarbonisation of the 10 most emission-intensive facilities would nearly halve the industrial emissions
- The most emission-intensive sectors of Polish industry are metal production, cement, petrochemicals, and chemicals and fertilizers. The largest emitters among companies are: ArcelorMittal Poland, Orlen, Grupa Azoty, and Górażdże Cement.
Technical explanations for the charts
KOBiZE – Krajowy Ośrodek Bilansowania i Zarządzania Emisjami (The National Centre for Emissions Management)
Process- and energy-related emissions (chart no. 5): The breakdown into process- and energy-related emissions shown in the chart does not fully correspond to the distinction between emissions from energy and process installations in our database. The source spreadsheet provided by KOBiZE does not allow for an exact separation of energy and process emissions for each industrial site. Therefore, for visualization purposes, we relied on the total sum of process emissions from Polish industry provided by KOBiZE. The difference between the sum of emissions recorded in our database and this total was categorised as the total energy emissions from Polish industry.
More information
You’ll find an article describing the database contents and most important changes on our blog. The most recent addition is the division of emissions from each facility into the so-called process- and energy-related emissions.
The database was created within the “Decarbonisation pathways for Poland’s steel sector” project by Instrat. Visit Instrat’s main page to find more information and publications issued within the project.
As part of the industrial project, three reports have been published that outline the challenges associated with industrial decarbonization. We especially recommend the report on decarbonization solutions for steel production in Poland, titled “Low- or zero-emission Steel? How to decarbonize steel production in Poland”, in which we calculated the costs of each decarbonisation pathway.