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The 17 megawatt wind farm in Opalenica is RWE's
seventh wind power project in Poland and will bring the
company's total installed capacity of wind farms to 214
megawatts.
Poland generates around 90 percent of its electricity from coal
and must increase renewable energy to at least 15 percent of the
total by 2020 to meet European Union rules on carbon emissions.
But change has proved difficult because renewable power
producers have complained that an uncertain legal environment
prevented them from making new investments.
Last April, Poland approved a long-awaited draft law that laid
out new long-term subsidies for renewable energy, aiming to cut
costs for consumers as well as help the coal-reliant country
meet EU climate targets.
"After a period of insecurity regarding the final legal
regulations, work on the new (renewables) law are currently
being finalised," Robert Macias, board member of RWE Renewables
Polska, said in a statement.
"We have decided that it is the right time to carry out another
investment.” RWE did not disclose the size of the investment.
RWE also said it was open to further investments in wind energy
in Poland but that it was too soon to talk about any specific
plans.
(Reporting by Michael Kahn,; Editing by Jane Merriman)
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