The
row
is
yet
another
barrier
to
new
renewables
that
has
already
caused
controversy
between
utilities
and
the
wind
industry
in
coal-dependent
Poland.
The
draft
renewables
law,
written
by
the
Ministry
of
Economy,
aims
to
direct
so-called
“substitution
fees”
—
paid
by
energy
suppliers
that
do
not
meet
their
renewables
quotas
—
towards
green
investment,
via
the
National
Fund
for
Environmental
Protection
and
Water
Management.
Payments
amounted
to
700m
z¿oty
($217m)
in
2011.
But
the
Finance
Ministry
wants
to
divert
the
revenues
into
the
central
budget,
claims
Janusz
Pilitowski,
head
of
the
renewables…
