Development of renewable energy
A chance and a challenge for Poland
CONTINENTAL WIND PARTNERS & PS WIND MANAGEMENT
LEADING WIND DEVELOPER
CWP has over 4
GW under
development as
well as a proven
track record of
execution across
the region
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CWP is a leading developer of wind projects in Central Europe and Australia & New Zealand. The
company has 4 GW of capacity under development across five countries.
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CWP was established in 2007. Since then, CWP has developed and sold Europe’s largest wind
farm (600 MW)
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CWP is extending its activities to fast growing new markets like Turkey and Bulgaria.
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CWP employs over 40 people across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region and cooperates with both
international companies and its local advisors.
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Continental Wind Partners’ investors comprise institutions and high net worth individuals based
in the US and Europe.
Existing Markets
Poland
700 MW
Romania
1100 MW
Australia
1800 MW
PL
AU
HR
Prospective Markets
RO
BG
TK
Croatia
240 MW
Bulgaria
320 MW
Turkey
600 MW
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POLAND IS AN ATTRACTIVE MARKET FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS
CHANCE
Poland has good
windconditions,
not only in the
northern regions
The main incentives for development of renewable energy projects in Poland are:
 A good and stable Green Certificate system supporting renewable energy sources
 Current spot market price close to the substitution fee (currently 248,5 PLN)
 Total price for „black” energy and green certificates ~85 EUR
 Good conditions for development of renewable energy
(Wind, Biomass, Biogas)
 Growing demand for electricity
GRID CONNECTION
CHALLENGE
Many good projects
fail because they
cannot connect to
the grid
 Technical barriers
 Weak grid in the windiest regions
 Problems with balancing due to dominating of coal fired production
 Changing and unclear regulations for obtaining grid connection conditions
 Thousands MW of virtual projects
 Blocking grid capacity – a way to block competition
 Grid Operator flooded with applications
 Delays in delivery of necessary grid data
 Highly overstated grid modernization requirements
 High costs of grid connection
 Tendency to surcharge the wind developers with additional costs of
grid upgrades
 Bureaucracy
 Long process of getting grid connection conditions and
 Long, costly and bureaucratic process of signing a grid connection agreement
REGULATIONS
CHALLENGE
Development of
renewables
requires a stabile
and efficient
legal system
 Environmental Regulations
 Lack of clear standards for environmental procedures.
 Constantly changing regulations
 Zoning Plans
 Changing or creating the Zoning Plan is a long (usually at least a year), costly
and bureaucratic procedure
 Structure of landownership
 The plots are very small in most of the country and the process off leasing
and acquiring necessary land is very time consuming and difficult
 The big plots very often belong to the Agricultural Agency and the tender
process required to lease from the Agency is bureaucratic and long
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
CHANCE
Cooperation
between
governmental
authorities, grid
operator and RES
developerss is
needed
 Grid
 Modernization of the grid taking into account the future development of
renewable energy
 Clear rules of issuing Grid Connection Conditions
 Combining different energy sources which allows for storage and efficient
balancing of energy
 Environmental Regulations
 Creating clear standards for environmental procedures
 Zoning Plans and Permitting Process
 Changing the current regulations
 More transparent and shorter procedures
CONCLUSIONS
The grid is the
key to
successful
development of
RES in Poland
 Poland has big potential for wind energy development
 The big challenge is to solve the main problem – GRID
 Solving all other problems will not allow the renewable
industry to move forward