Abstract
The Energy Law of April 10, 1997 initiated changes in the energy market in Poland. Actions
taken on the basis of this law were aimed at the modernization and development of the power sector.
Organizational and legal changes causing the development of distributed generation, thus increasing
the level of market competition have been introduced. The care for high quality of customer
service, including the protection of vulnerable customers, environmental protection, growing share
of renewable energy and emission reduction requirements have become a reality. It seems, therefore,
that it is necessary for the Polish energy sector to undergo permanent modernization, to develop
the production and industrial infrastructure and to develop modern conventional technologies by
way of implementing innovations in the field of energy companies. The author of the paper argues
that it is indispensable to make a broadly understood transfer of knowledge and technology to the
energy sector on the basis of a knowledge-based economy. This also applies to energy clusters,
which currently constitute a platform for cooperation: entrepreneurs, scientific-research units, and
public authorities. The functioning of these entities is an important catalyst for the transfer of knowledge
and technologies. Their regional nature boosts competitiveness of the involved enterprises,
and is a natural way of transferring knowledge to the energy market.
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