The recently published report of the Environmental Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences “Wind power plants in the human environment” examines the impact of RES on human health and the role of renewable energy sources in the energy transformation. The work is a joint effort of 37 scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The more than 200-page analysis focuses in particular on wind farms. Scientists point out how big the demand for renewable energy sources is in Poland – their observations show that wind farms can be one of the main pillars of the country’s energy transformation. The key element, without which there will be no further development of onshore wind energy, is the reduction of the required minimum distance of the wind farm from residential buildings.
“Onshore wind energy has all the predispositions to become a response to both the economic and climate crisis. Moreover, it may be the main pillar of the country’s energy transformation that Poland is facing. Liberalization of the rules for locating investments in the field of wind energy will allow for the implementation of new projects within several-year investment cycles, using modern technologies that are not harmful to the environment. The results presented in the Report indicate that the minimum distance in Poland, acting as a warning light, may be 500 meters” – says a member of the Electrotechnical Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. dr hab. Eng. Piotr Kacejko.