The adoption of the bill was announced by Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa on Tuesday, state news agency PAP reported.
Moskwa said the draft legislation would “change the rigid rule whereby the distance between a wind turbine and a built-up area must be at least 10 times the height of the turbine.”
She added that the new regulations “will allow wind turbines to be built nearer built-up areas, freeing land for wind farms and freeing the potential of local communities.”
Moskwa told reporters that, under the new bill, "it would be up to investors, local residents and authorities to reach a compromise on where a wind power plant would be located."
She stressed that wind farms would help Poland diversify its sources of energy, which she said was among the government’s policy priorities.
“Renewable energy represents 15 percent of Poland’s energy mix, which suggests that this energy source has growth potential,” Moskwa said.
(pm/gs)
Source: PAP, rmf24.pl