Only when FITs were increased in 2010 did the Austrian wind sector really start to take off, says Johann Winkelmeier, managing director of Energiewerkstatt, a consultancy that does wind research and compiles wind maps.

“For that, the political will is fundamental,” he tells Recharge at EWEA 2013.

In 2002, as part of its Green Electricity Law, Austria established a FIT of €0.078