Windbarriers - Case Study

Objective:

The WINDBARRIERS project developed a methodology to analyse and overcome the administrative and grid connection barriers that hinder the development of wind energy in countries in the European Union. In 2009, the average administrative processing time of an onshore wind farm in Europe was 42 months and involved on average direct contact with nine different national, regional and local administrations. The project identified and compared the existing problems in different European countries in order to propose concrete solutions and methodologies to streamline the processing of new parks.

Year of implementation: 2009

Members: AEE, Austrian Wind Power, DONG Energy, Fraunhofer, Iberdrola, Hungarian Wind Energy Association, PWEA (Polish Wind Energy Association), Danish Wind Energy Association and WindEurope.

Financing: Intelligent Energy - EUROPE