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Wind power has certainly garnered its share of attention in Poland.

Although it has developed some new wind farms, the country is still seen as an underachiever.

In the early part of this decadw, Warsaw delayed translating a 2009 renewable directive, one that mandated that the cpuntry's renewable energy sources account for a full 15 percent of its energy consumption by 2020, into Polish law.

Legislation has prevented subsidies from going to renewable industry, discouraging much-need investors.

This wind energy output greatly lags behind similar sized countries such as Spain.

Poland has been hampered by poor regulations that would otherwise support a stable development sector.

In April, Poland approved a long-waited draft of the law that laid out new long-term subsidies for renewable energy, aiming to cut costs for consumers as well as help meet EU climate tergets.