According to the analysts who prepared the report, entitled 2010 Wind Energy in Poland, Poland’s wind energy farms’ total energy production exceeded 1GW in 2010. But they said, the sector still has potential for development as natural conditions in Poland are identical to its neighbour Germany, where there are many more wind energy installations.
Poland is now considering investment projects such as a 240 MG wind farm in the Margonin Area. This would add considerably to the current tally of 1096 MW generated energy from 378 wind farms with license, the report said.
The major companies establishing wind energy farms in Poland are RWE, EPA, PGE, Dong, Mitsui, Iberdrola, PEP, J-Power, EEZ Vattenfall, and RP Global.
The report reveals that in the previous year, several upbeat changes targeting the investors were made, which modernized the investment groundwork methods in the sector. Energy law amendments have been brought about this year and this has changed the terms of acquisition of power grid connections by the wind energy installations.
It also notes that the wind energy market had definitely expanded even though investors still perceive investments in this sector as challenging.
Like many other countries Poland’s wind farm development has been greeted with some criticism as the sector has grown. That is why effective promotion and a public dialogue concerning the sector should be competently managed by private players, sectoral organisations and politicians, the report said.
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Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
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