Europe’s energy transition is not only about cutting greenhouse gas emissions. It is also about strengthening energy security, diversifying energy supplies and developing cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels.
In Poland, EU funding is supporting this shift on several fronts: connecting national energy networks, expanding hydrogen infrastructure for transport, developing new ways to produce renewable fuels and turning agricultural waste into biomethane.
Together, these investments and research projects illustrate how European cooperation can help create a more resilient energy system while supporting the transition towards climate neutrality.
Building hydrogen infrastructure for cleaner road transport
The Clean Cities – Hydrogen Mobility in Poland project has been supported with almost €2 million through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport programme. The project successfully deployed two hydrogen refuelling stations for heavy and light duty vehicles in Poznan and Katowice, as well as an additional mobile hydrogen refuelling station. EU funding also supported the construction of a hydrogen loading hub for trailers in Wloclawek and the purchase of five trailers to transport hydrogen from this hub to the three refuelling stations. The project has contributed efficiently to make hydrogen more widely available as an alternative fuel for road transport and thereby it has helped reduce transport emissions and air pollution.
Turning organic waste into green methanol and electricity
The ResMe2E project is developing a small-scale energy production method by converting organic waste into green methanol and using this renewable fuel to produce electricity. The project has a budget of almost €3 million from Horizon Europe and is developing an electricity-generation system based on an air Brayton cycle (by compressing and heating air and then expanding it through a turbine). The approach combines oxygen gasification with plasma steam and includes technologies for purifying the resulting synthesis gas.
This innovative technology is intended to improve the affordability, security, sustainability and overall efficiency of small-scale combined heat and power systems. By using waste biomass as a sustainable fuel source, ResMe2E seeks to make renewable fuels and distributed energy systems more competitive with conventional fossil-based solutions, while minimising environmental impact.
Producing biomethane from agricultural waste
The AMBASSADOR project is supported by the Innovation Fund with an EU grant of almost €8 million and aims to build and operate an innovative biomethane plant combining advanced anaerobic digestion of agricultural and food-industry waste with biogas purification and carbon capture technologies.
The project is designed as a closed-loop, zero-waste system. Once operational, the installation is expected to produce approximately 5 million cubic metres of high-quality biomethane annually, alongside food-grade liquid CO₂ and digestate. Its scalable design is intended to make the approach replicable and to demonstrate biomethane technology for Central and Eastern Europe. The project is estimated to prevent the emission of 256,100 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
By transforming waste streams into renewable gas and useful products, AMBASSADOR demonstrates how EU support can combine energy production, resource efficiency and industrial decarbonisation.
Connecting Poland and Lithuania through gas infrastructure
The Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) is a major cross-border energy infrastructure project supported by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy programme. The completed action received a final EU contribution of over €250 million for both the Polish (around 342.7 km of gas pipeline) and Lithuanian (approximately 165 km) sections.
By linking the Polish and Lithuanian gas systems, GIPL integrated the gas markets of the Baltic States and Finland into the common EU gas market, increasing the security and reliability of gas supply and competition, while allowing more flexible and efficient use of liquefied natural gas terminals and gas transmission infrastructure. This cross-border pipeline therefore provides a concrete example of how EU investments can strengthen connections between national energy markets.
Strengthening resilience through European cooperation
These four projects approach energy security and decarbonisation from different directions.
Together, they demonstrate the breadth of EU support available to Poland – from large-scale infrastructure and transport investment to research and first-of-a-kind clean technologies. They also show how cooperation, innovation and investment can contribute to a more diversified, sustainable and resilient European energy system.
These examples show how the EU programmes managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) translate European ambition into concrete results and impact. By combining funding with expert advice and cross-border cooperation, the EU helps innovative projects scale up, delivers benefits for citizens and businesses, and supports a more sustainable, resilient Europe.
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More information about the projects
Clean Cities – Hydrogen Mobility in Poland (Phase I)
ResMe2E – A Groundbreaking Route via Green Methanol Towards High-Efficiency Local Energy Supply
- Publication date
- 30 October 2026
- Author
- European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency