The European Commission (EC) has just published a European Wind
Power package including a Wind Power Action Plan, which aims at
helping the European wind industry navigate the current challenging
context (i.a. covid recovery, Russia's invasion of Ukraine,
problems of access to raw materials).
The Action Plan lists the key issues identified by the EC (e.g.
rising inflation, unpredictable demand, lengthy and difficult
permitting process, unfair competition from foreign operators) and
proposes measures, organised around six main areas, like access to
finance and fairer competition, to deal with these issues. The EC
notably points to its band new powers to review Foreign Subsidies
that may distort competition within the European market and calls
for pro-active engagement of European operators in this regard.
