Monday 20 October 2014

EWEA on wind energy market in Poland

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In February 2013, EWEA( European Wind Energy Association issued a report called „Emerging European Wind Energy Markets”. The association is taking close look at the shape of wind energy market in Europe and tries to describe, as well as draw possible developments, of it in Central-Eastern Europe. The EWEA raised the topic of new EU member states to the observation, as they noticed high activity of the wind energy sector in those countries. The installed capacity of wind power in the new Member States of the European Union  increased from 208 MW in 2005 to 4 200 MW at the end of 2011 (giving an average annual increase of 665 MW). Part of the report that we are going to take a close look at is dedicated to wind energy in Poland.
 
The report concentrates on few major areas (such as possible locations of the wind farms, supply chain, financing and regulation) which allow the reader to draw conclusion upon wind energy market in Poland.
The detailed description about wind energy sector as such, was posted in June: http://polish-energy-blog.blogspot.it/2014/06/closer-look-at-polands-wind-energy.html. This note intends to take a closer look at the market side of wind energy.
The mentioned report describes wind energy opportunities in Poland as very promising. Poland is the biggest wind energy market among new member states of EU and due to the wind speed, has potential to grow bigger. Unfortunately, lack of national strategy of development of this sector, as well as constantly changing legal frame, destabilized growth of this market in recent years.
Another big obstacle in the development of wind energy in Poland can be localization of “the best” wind points ( balance between the speed of wind and intensity of its blow) – many of them are situated in the environmentally protected areas, therefore it is impossible to pursue this type of construction there. Program “Natura 2000” ( governmental program aiming at protection of envionmentally important areas ) covers around 32 % of Poland’s territory, many of them has very favorable weather conditions. It does not automatically exclude the investment, but the investor interested in construction of windmill in that area is obliged to have additional research performed – therefore, the probability of having the application rejected is higher than on “normal” territory.  
The report points out many positive aspects which could enhance investments in wind energy sector, for example favourable approach from banks who are willing to offer their credits, as well as diversified supply chain. Furthermore, EWEA notices the potential of highly qualified professionals who can work in this field.
On the contrary, the regulatory side of the market is one of the elements stopping its further development. The report states that obtaining construction permission is very long (and it is common to have this procedure delayed) and the rules for connection of windmill to the national grid is not clear.
 
 
 
 
To read full report, please go to: http://www.psew.pl/uploads/entries/7b0e6006868b27514b6cd58cae0489e6.pdf
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http://nationalwindfarmdevelopers.com/IMG/windfarm.jpg

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