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The largest wind industry conference and exhibition for Central & Eastern Europe, organised by the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) in cooperation with the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) took place in Warsaw on 7-9 March 2016.
The European Wind Industry stands together to make the economic arguments for wind power in Poland, a market that faces increasing uncertainty.
Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer of the European Wind Energy Association, said: “This is an excellent opportunity to reinforce the merits of wind technology in a market with huge potential for jobs, growth and industry”.
Poland’s wind market was one of the strongest performers last year – second only to Germany – installing a total of 1.3GW in new capacity as developers pushed forward on projects. To date, the wind industry in Poland supports over 8,000 jobs and generates 600 million zloty or 1500 mln euro. in revenue each year. At the same time proposals from the Polish Law & Justice ruling party to restrict the siting of new wind turbines and impose stringent permitting procedures in a new draft law would hinder the development of projects in Poland and effectively deem new projects unviable.
EWEA key messages:
Andriy Konechenkov, UWEA's Chairman who participated in the conference, said: Reluctance to implement the latest technological solutions in the sector of "green" energy is often replaced by complicated and lengthy bureaucratic procedures for new projects initiated by politicians. Conference in Warsaw very clearly demonstrated how such steps discourage investments in potentially fast-growing sector of “green” energy”.
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