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Grid connection, lead times and costs main barriers to Hungarian wind power, but new government has ambitious plans to increase renewable energy
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Category: Wind Energy
2010-07-14 14:40:21
The time taken to connect wind farms to the grid, and the high costs of doing so, are the main barriers to wind energy development in Hungary, it was revealed today in Budapest at a workshop organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Hungarian Wind Energy Association (HuWEA). Grid connection takes an average of 45 months in the country, and 10.6% of total project costs are spent on getting it. However, the new government is promising new plans to help reach the 2020 targets. "Costs and long lead times are not the only problem," said Jacopo Moccia, EWEA's Regulatory Affairs Adviser. "Insufficient grid capacity and an unstable decision making process for granting building permits are also deterring investors. Things must change if Hungary is to reach its 2020 renewable energy target, and that will not be possible without a substantial contribution from wind energy."
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Section: News
Category: Wind Energy
2010-07-14 14:40:21
The time taken to connect wind farms to the grid, and the high costs of doing so, are the main barriers to wind energy development in Hungary, it was revealed today in Budapest at a workshop organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Hungarian Wind Energy Association (HuWEA). Grid connection takes an average of 45 months in the country, and 10.6% of total project costs are spent on getting it. However, the new government is promising new plans to help reach the 2020 targets. "Costs and long lead times are not the only problem," said Jacopo Moccia, EWEA's Regulatory Affairs Adviser. "Insufficient grid capacity and an unstable decision making process for granting building permits are also deterring investors. Things must change if Hungary is to reach its 2020 renewable energy target, and that will not be possible without a substantial contribution from wind energy."
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New league table shows wind farm consent times across EU27
Section: News
Category: Wind Energy
2010-04-29 04:37:52
It takes on average 42 months to get a building consent for a wind farm in the EU, with Italy, Belgium and the UK among the quickest countries and Spain and Portugal among the slowest. These findings were disclosed by the EU-funded project, Wind Barriers, coordinated by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA. The time needed for onshore wind farm planning applications ranges across the EU from less than 10 months to well over 50. The reasons for this enormous gap vary, but include the high number of authorities to liaise with, and the lack of clear administrative guidelines for developers, Top of the table is Finland, with just over eight months needed to get permission to build a wind farm, followed by Austria (10 months), Romania (15 months), and Italy (18 months). The country where the patience of a wind developer is most challenged is Portugal, where over 58 months are needed on average to get permits. Also at the bottom of the list are: Spain (57 months), Greece (50 months) and Poland (43 months).
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Section: News
Category: Wind Energy
2010-04-29 04:37:52
It takes on average 42 months to get a building consent for a wind farm in the EU, with Italy, Belgium and the UK among the quickest countries and Spain and Portugal among the slowest. These findings were disclosed by the EU-funded project, Wind Barriers, coordinated by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA. The time needed for onshore wind farm planning applications ranges across the EU from less than 10 months to well over 50. The reasons for this enormous gap vary, but include the high number of authorities to liaise with, and the lack of clear administrative guidelines for developers, Top of the table is Finland, with just over eight months needed to get permission to build a wind farm, followed by Austria (10 months), Romania (15 months), and Italy (18 months). The country where the patience of a wind developer is most challenged is Portugal, where over 58 months are needed on average to get permits. Also at the bottom of the list are: Spain (57 months), Greece (50 months) and Poland (43 months).
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"Czech government needs to remove barriers for wind energy"
Section: News
Category: Wind Energy
2009-05-05 22:08:43
The future growth of the Czech wind energy sector, and the consequent creation of many new jobs, will strongly depend on the government removing the administrative and grid access barriers that currently hinder wind energy projects. This is what delegates heard at a European workshop on the integration of wind energy in the Czech Republic organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Czech Wind Energy Association (ČSVE).
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Category: Wind Energy
2009-05-05 22:08:43
The future growth of the Czech wind energy sector, and the consequent creation of many new jobs, will strongly depend on the government removing the administrative and grid access barriers that currently hinder wind energy projects. This is what delegates heard at a European workshop on the integration of wind energy in the Czech Republic organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Czech Wind Energy Association (ČSVE)."In light of the three major global challenges that mankind is currently facing - the energy crisis, the financial crisis and the climate crisis - it has become obvious that wind energy offers concrete solutions to all three by providing an indigenous, reliable, affordable and clean energy" said Petr Holub, adviser in the Czech Environment Ministry. "Wind projects still face lots of administrative barriers in Czech Republic, which makes construction times of new projects disproportionately long thereby creating uncertainty to the markets" he added.
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