“…There is no doubt that the global economy and its regions are slowly shifting towards a low-carbon path at a pace that varies between both continents and individual countries, depending on their level of development, demographic, social, cultural factors (Frantál & Nováková, 2019 ) and progresses achieved in advancing currently available energy technologies and its efficiency, as well as on the ability to maintain sustainable financing of this transition (Cowell, 2020 ). Central European countries, including Poland, are to participate in this process both as the members of the international community, signatories to the Climate Convention agreed in Madrid in 2019 and as the member states of the European Union (EU) under the Community regime of energy and climate regulations (Böhringer & Rutherford, 2013 ; Lewandowska & Szymańska, 2021 ; Piwowar, 2019 ; Schwartzkopff & Schulz, 2017 ; Wiśniewski & Kistowski, 2017 ). The transition toward a more sustainable low-carbon economy requires indeed radical changes in the systems supplying energy for individuals, communities, and businesses (Chappell et al, 2020 ).…”