Dutch wind project to help Poland curb pollution
Date: 22-May-01
Country: POLAND
The two countries will give the project to build 30 turbines in northwest Poland by 2003 the final go-ahead within days.
"This project will enable us to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases...and more importantly bring us closer to European Union norms," Jacek Jaskiewicz, a senior ministry official said after meeting Dutch trade minister Gerrit Ybema.
Poland, expected to join the EU around 2004, has asked the Union for leniency on environmental issues during its accession talks. The formerly communist country's smokestack industries can seldom afford costly environmental investments.
In order to bring environmental protection to EU norms, Poland will need to spend up to 40 billion euros on environmental measures.
