Highlights:

• The government will implement its renewable energy development plans despite the President's veto, simplifying procedures and accelerating the investment process.
• The government is working on amending the regulation to facilitate the expansion and modernisation of existing onshore wind farms. This will be a fast track to increasing the installed capacity of wind farms to 30% – previously, these solutions were to be introduced by law.
• Regional Directors for Environmental Protection (RDEP) will treat investments in wind energy as a priority, considering applications without undue delay. At the level of internal regulations, procedures will be simplified and the process of preparing documentation will be accelerated.

The Act on Wind Farms consisted of three main components: changes to the distance rule, repowering (i.e. modernisation of existing turbines) and shortening of the investment process. Today, we know that despite the President's veto, we are able to implement two of these three components – repowering and acceleration of the investment process. To this end, we will amend, among other things, the Council of Ministers' regulation on projects with a significant impact on the environment. We are also working on simplifying the internal regulations of the Regional Directorates for Environmental Protection so that investments in wind energy will be given priority and will be considered without undue delay. Wind energy is not only clean and economical – it also ensures Poland's energy security. We are facing an uphill battle, but I hope the wind will be at our backs!

– said Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Minister of Climate and Environment.

The current terms and conditions and connection agreements issued by operators for onshore wind farms amount to 9 GW of new wind power capacity, which will be implemented by 2030, and at the same time nearly 6 GW of offshore wind farms. Thus, within 5 years, Poland will double its onshore wind energy production (today, 10 GW of onshore wind power is available).

Currently, connection conditions have already been agreed for at least 25 GW in large-scale energy storage facilities, which will stabilise wind and solar energy.

The acceleration of RES will be possible despite the President's veto – by simplifying procedures and speeding up the investment process. Thanks to investments in wind energy and energy storage, energy in Poland will be cleaner and cheaper.