GP Wind

The GP WIND project addresses barriers to the development of onshore and offshore wind generation. By recording and sharing good practice, GP WIND will help developers, regional and local authorities, environmental agencies and NGOs to reconcile wind energy development with wider environmental objectives and to involve communities in planning and implementation.

By bringing together stakeholders from different countries to share experiences, GP WIND partners are developing a good practice guide and a 'how to' toolkit, which will be used to facilitate deployment of renewable energy in support of the 2020 targets.  

Photo: P. Kvaløy, NINA

Added value:

GP WIND aims to demonstrate and disseminate good practice that can be transferred across Europe, providing tools which can be used by industry, developers, European, national and local policy makers, regulatory authorities, environmental agencies and groups and local communities.

The project’s common methodology will ensure that good practice focuses on solving practical problems and is valid despite differences in geography and administrative systems.

Following GP WIND recommendations will make dealing with applications for new renewable energy projects quicker and more cost effective.

Objectives:

• Build evidence based support for the design,planning and implementation of projects which are sensitive to environmental and community concerns
• Increase the consenting rate for on and offshore wind projects, and reduce the processing period for applications
• Increase the efficiency of processing applications,thereby reducing process costs
• Assist quicker, more transparent and less costly deployment of wind energy across Europe, contributing to the achievement of 2020 targets for renewable energy generation
• Secure endorsement of project outputs by participating partner and other stakeholders and commitment to put the project recommendations into practice

Expected results:

A detailed examination of 16 case studies of wind energy projects, supported by peer review, will be completed by Autumn 2011.

This will form the basis of a good practice guide and a ‘how to’ toolkit which will be produced by Spring 2012, as well as a set of recommendations that specifically relate to applications for the development of wind farms.

All the material will be available on the project’s website: www.project-gpwind.eu