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
($0.105)
per
kWh.
From
2006,
it
gradually
declined
to
a
low
of
€0.075
in
2010.
As
a
result,
new
wind
installations
fell
from
276MW
in
2003
to
virtually
nothing
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