EWEA blasts EU states over wind policies

Christian Kjaer, outgoing chief executive of EWEA

The European wind industry has delivered a stark message to EU governments, warning that damaging retroactive changes to policies and regulations are creating a “wave of uncertainty” across the continent.

Christian Kjaer, chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), says “this political uncertainty is deterring financiers and investors, and has already caused job losses and negative financial result announcements”.

Kjaer, who stands down from the EWEA post next month, says the EU needs to more than double its installed wind power capacity in order to meet its binding targets.

“This means installing over 12GW per year for the next eight years. Some 11.5GW of capacity was installed in 2012, but installations are expected to fall this year and in 2014.

“By scaring off investors and undermining the…

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