Wind energy in the BSR - the extension

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The project is a follow-up of the Interreg IIIB project "Wind energy in the BSR" (2003-2005), using resp. expanding the existing international network structure, and, thus joint competences. Still the current situation is quite different from 6 years ago: Wind energy is widely established on EU-territory, even in Poland and Lithuania there are wind energy projects and related support and promotion institutions. Still, there are obstacles that can significantly hinder a further implementation of wind farm projects: the WEBSR2 project plans to contribute to overcome them. To approach them systematically, the problems/obstacles were classified into 3 categories and, thus, components: 1. Legal and economic obstacles: Here, the related situation in every partner country will be analysed by the international team of planning, business and technical experts. Based on the joint experiences and know-how, recommendations how to overcome the existing problems will be elaborated and distributed to the relevant decision makers. The second level of obstacles addressed here are those occurring on EU-level: the partners joint experiences have shown that there are inconsistencies related to EU-regulations that make particularly planning work more difficult or even hinder planning processes. The project will elaborate an analysis here and, on this basis, provide recommendations for improvements. 2. Permanent and uninterrupted availability is one demand wind energy cannot fulfil so far - the work on technical solutions, i.e. storage systems has been started during the last years, but all found solutions lack implementation yet. The project will contribute to such an implementation by analysing and comparing existing technological solutions, evaluating them on the basis of planning, business and technology experiences. The elaborated results will be discussed a) within the international team and b) in an international workshop. Based on these steps, recommendations for improvements and optimized implementation will be elaborated + distributed to the target groups. 3. "Ideological" obstacles among the wider public: Most of the campaigns implemented by pro-windenergy institutions address and reach mainly persons who are already interested in the topic. As a results, "wind energy sceptics" are often not involved. In addition, energy production remains quite abstract mainly for urban citizens. Our approach tries to make wind energy more "sympathic", i.e. chooses an emotive approach by creating positive wind energy symbols: technical demonstrators for urban areas in combination with art + a wind energy event that addresses a wide public. Still these emotive approach has to be combined with information work: to reach this, we will establish wind energy info points in the partner regions as lasting institutions, thus, ensuring the sustainable use + effects of the projects + its elaborated results.The project deals primarily with onshore Wind Energy.

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