Development of available resources mean wind power alone could easily ensure Poland meets its EU renewable energy directive target, says the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA). The directive requires Poland to increase the share of renewables in energy supply to 15%rnby 2020 from 7.2% in 2005. That requires boosting annual output from 47 TWh in 2005 to 99 TWh. A 2007 report, Assessment of wind energy development opportunities and potential in Poland until 2020, published by PWEA, says a minimum of 14 GW of wind energy could be installed by 2020, with annual output reaching 30 TWh, up from just 0.55 TWh last year. The 30 TWh would account for over 75% of the extra output from renewables needed. "This was a minimum volume, based on conservative assumptions," says PWEA's Jaroslaw Mroczek. "It does not take into account the potential of offshore project development or technological changes and the expected change in output of individual turbines that will occur over the next few years."
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