As a part of the POLONEZ BIS2 research project, the PI (Dr. Taimoor Hassan) joined the External Funds Department (Bank Cooperation Team) of The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFO艢iGW), Warsaw for intersectoral secondment. During the intersectoral secondment, the PI learned new skills, shared his knowledge, and expertise with the NFO艢iGW team. Moreover, various proposal for investment in priority schemes and projects were targeted, prepared and finalized for investment in Poland in the vulnerable sectors to tackle climate change and expedite energy transition. To this end, investment proposal in the following sectors were prepared and reviewed together with the NFO艢iGW team and submitted to the European Investment Bank (EIB) for priority investment in Poland.聽
-Energy generations from sustainable energy sources聽
-Investment for decarbonization of transportation sector聽
-Upgradation of energy system in rural area聽
-Subsidizing purchase of zero emission vehicles聽
-Energy Storage聽
-Upgradation of electricity infrastructure for electric vehicle charging stations
-Construction/expansion of power grids for publicly available high-power charging stations.