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Nuclear energy company EDF launches wind energy project

 France’s EDF launches its first wind farm in Poland
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/67517
 04-Jan-13
Country: POLAND
Author: Agnieszka Barteczko

French power company EDF has launched its first wind farm in Poland, a
48 megawatt (MW) facility located in the northern part of the country,
the firm said on Thursday.

The utility’s unit, EDF Energies Nouvelles, bought the Linowo windfarm
last year to strengthen its position in the coal-dependant European
Union nation looking to boost the share of renewables in its energy
supplies.

Poland has around 2,000 MW of installed wind energy, representing more
than 5 percent of the power system’s total capacity. It has targeted
boosting that capacity to 6,000 MW by 2030.

Under EU law at least 15 percent of Poland’s energy production must
come from renewable sources by 2020.

January 5, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, renewable