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Add as preferred source on GooglePoland will increase wind power capacity despite a presidential veto on easing wind farm rules, as PM Tusk announces plans for more efficient turbines.
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will "radically increase" wind power capacity despite last week's decision by President Karol Nawrocki to veto a bill aimed at easing rules for building onshore wind farms, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.
The vetoed bill would have cut the distance required between planned installations and residential locations.
"We will radically increase onshore wind capacity because this is the cheapest source of electricity," Tusk told reporters.
He said the government was working on a resolution to allow more efficient wind turbines to be installed at existing wind farms.
Government resolutions do not require legislative backing by parliament and so are not subject to presidential approval.
Renewable energy production has been increasing in Poland at the expense of coal-fired power, though the latter still dominates the mix. In 2024, nearly 30% of Polish electricity was generated from renewable sources.
(Reporting by Marek Strzelecki and Pawel Florkiewicz. Editing by Mark Potter)
President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill aimed at easing rules for building onshore wind farms.
The government plans to radically increase onshore wind capacity, as it is considered the cheapest source of electricity.
The government is working on a resolution to allow more efficient wind turbines to be installed at existing wind farms.
Renewable energy production has been increasing in Poland, although coal-fired power still dominates the energy mix.
No, government resolutions do not require legislative backing by parliament and are not subject to presidential approval.
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