Rural areas cover more than 93% of Poland, with almost 40% of the country’s population. The increase in energy demand in these areas, coupled with increased consumption by agriculture, forces rural people to use it more efficiently and politicians to develop energy security strategies for Polish rural areas. This is possible by creating a sustainable energy policy using renewable energy sources. Rural areas are largely interpreted with food production and processing, where agricultural holdings are important. They should now be seen on the one hand as an energy user and on the other as a producer of energy or final energy components based on renewable energy sources, bearing in mind, however, that natural or legally protected areas should not be used for the production of energy from renewable sources. Therefore, an important role in the field of sustainable energy management in rural areas is attributed to the energy policy, which takes care of the environment of these areas and preserves their biodiversity. Residents of the village, and above all, farmers should change their image, mainly related to the consumer of energy to the consumer and at the same time the producer of energy, and prosumer and distributed energy should become important not only for economic but also for environmental reasons. It is necessary to point out the importance of sustainable rural development, based on renewable energy sources and the related improvement of the environmental conditions of the Polish countryside, as well as the quality of life of their inhabitants. The aim of the article is to indicate the direction of development of sustainable energy management in rural areas of Poland, taking the energy used in modern agriculture into account, with an emphasis on renewable energy sources.