New Draft Law On Wind Turbines Location

On February 19, 2016, the Law and Justice Party brought to the Sejm (lower chamber of the Parliament) a project of an Act on wind turbines investments.

The breaking points introduced with respect to the wind turbines investments are:

• New wind turbines may be only located on the basis of a local zoning plan;
• The minimum distance between the wind turbine and households or buildings of mixed purpose should be equal or higher than ten-times total height of the wind turbine (mast plus blade);
• Operating wind turbines which do not meet the distance requirement may only be under maintenance works;
• Operating wind turbines require obtaining a new type of operation permit from the Technical Supervision Authority (UDT) within one year from the entry in force of the Act;