Wind Power News: Poland
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Minimum distance rules alarm Polish wind sector
The Polish wind industry is alarmed at growing support for a proposal to introduce a minimum distance of 1.5 kilometres between wind farms and homes, which could devastate wind developments in the country. As the capacity of projected wind stations in Poland has increased to 64GW, the idea to set a minimum distance between turbines and homes has been gaining ground. Two provinces have set guidelines for local spatial plans that suggest a minimum 1km distance. The Ministry of Environment . . . Complete story »
Polish farmers deceived by wind farms?
Farmers from northern and western Poland have been signing agreements for leasing their land to wind farms on unfavourable terms and conditions, writes Nasz Dziennik daily. A contractual penalty for early termination of each of such lease agreements is almost a million zlotys, or 300,000 euros. Additionally, the agreements ban farmers from constructing any buildings in the vicinity of the windmills constructed on their land, Nasz Dziennik informs. Polskie Radio 31 July 2008 Complete story »
Poland’s PEP eyes 700MW in wind farms by 2012
Poland’s listed clean energy producer Polish Energy Partners (PEP) PEPP.WA plans to have 700 MW in wind farms by 2012, the firm’s chief executive told Reuters in an interview. Stakes at two of the four planned wind farms will be sold to other investors in order to finance further expansion, said Zbigniew Prokopowicz. “We are planning four wind farms, two of them we will sell. Funds received will be used to build new, fully controlled, plants,” Prokopowicz said. Poland, which generates . . . Complete story »
Austrians to pump €400m into Polish wind farms
Polska Sila Wiatru and Warminska Sila Wiatru, whose shareholders are the Austrian firms Austrian Wind Power, Wienstrom and Raiffeisen bank, have begun assembling a number of wind farms in Mazury. The investment will require estimated outlays of around €400m. This year construction work will begin on a 60 MW farm near Sepopol (cost €97m) and an 80 MW farm near Gorowo Ilaweckie (€120m). In 2009 the same companies will begin assembling a 60 MW wind farm in the municipality of Wydminy. The total . . . Complete story »
Wind power in Poland: the prospects
In recent years, renewable energy has been playing an increasingly important role in Poland and other countries. Its share in the total volume of electricity generated in the European Union has grown as a result of efforts to counteract global warming and increase the EU’s energy security. This policy is reflected in the Polish government’s plans for the development of power generation based on renewable sources. By 2010 wind power is expected to account for 2.3 percent of the total . . . Complete story »
Wind energy still faces barriers
The development of wind power engineering has accelerated in Poland over the past few years. Companies have been outdoing one another in new ideas on where to locate their projects. Poland has committed itself to generating 15 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2012 and 20 percent by 2020. That’s an extremely ambitious and difficult task. The wind energy market in Poland is a new one that is only beginning to develop. The best areas for wind power . . . Complete story »
Electricity from the air
Wind power is the buzzword in Poland these days. Wind turbines have been popping up across the country, from Western Pomerania province to the Lithuanian border in the northeast and from Lower Silesia to the Bieszczady Mountains in the south. In central Poland, 15 turbines are located on Kamie?sk Hill near the town of Be?chatów. They produce 30 MW of energy, which is a quarter of the power currently generated by all wind farms in Poland. The wind turbines on Kamie?sk . . . Complete story »
RWE's Innogy wins contract to build 200 MW wind farm in Poland
RWE AG said its renewables unit Innogy won a contract to build a 200 MW wind farm in Poland. No financial details were disclosed. The company said in a statement it expects regulatory approval of the project this year, with the first wind turbines coming online in 2010. The Polish government aims to generate 10.4 pct of power from renewable energy sources by 2010, which will increase to at least 15 pct by 2020, requiring a total wind power capacity of . . . Complete story »
Wind farms boom looms on Poland's breezy Baltic Sea coast
Poland’s breezy Baltic Sea coast expects a boom in wind farms with forecasts predicting that by the end of the decade the country will enjoy a wind power capacity of 2,000 megawatts worth a total 2.4 billion euros (3.04 billion dollars). This capacity would cover approximately 2 per cent of Poland’s electrical power needs, according to a Monday report in Poland’s Rzeczpospolita daily. Wind electricity companies from Asia, Europe and the US are keen to be among the first to . . . Complete story »
Wind farms boom on Poland's breezy Baltic Sea coast
http://rawstory.com Warsaw- Wind farms are booming on Poland’s breezy Baltic Sea coast with electricity companies from Asia, Europe and the US keen to be among the first to invest in Poland’s fledgling wind- energy sector. Two Japanese companies plan to invest 70 million euros (89.7 million dollars) in windpower generators on Poland’s Baltic Sea coast with a capacity to supply the electricity needs of 50,000 homes, Poland’s Dziennik daily reported Friday. Japan’s Mitsui and J. Power companies plan to build . . . Complete story »
