Eastern Europe faces a rough ride to fulfil its wind potential

Romania has a highly attractive wind regime, but the sector is hindered by a murky regulatory and legal environment

Wind developers and turbine manufacturers have long seen Eastern Europe as an area with high growth potential.

The road has not been easy in recent years, with some countries hitting political and regulatory barriers, and the financial crisis taking its toll.

There are still good prospects — with the potential for annual additions of up to 500MW in the right conditions — in Poland and Romania, although both of these face different problems, while other countries, such as Bulgaria and Hungary, appear to have hit a wall for now.

ROMANIA

Romania has been one of the world’s fastest-growing wind markets, increasing its capacity from 14MW in 2009 to 981MW at…

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