Stan i perspektywy rozwoju energetyki wiatrowej na świecie
The state and prospects of development of wind energy in the world

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays the world is struggling with many problems, among them the most important are: the emission of greenhouse gases and the climate changes. The solution which limits the negative interaction of the energy sector on natural environment and climate is the development of renewable sources of energy. The issues connected with using on a larger scale renewable energy sources for the energy production, is selected in local, national and international strategies (The European Union) or in the international documents (the protocol from Kioto). The significant advantage of renewable energy is that it is not based on forecasts of availability of fuel in the future but its character limits the energy dependence of each society. At present one of the most dynamic sectors of renewable energy is wind energy. The wind power stations belong to emission-free sources which produce electricity (pure), but using them reduce the negative interaction of energy sector on the natural environment. Today Asia, America and Europe are the most interested in wind energy. Until recently Europe was a leader of wind energy. Its part in range of newly installed power stations in 2004 was 75% but in 2005 only 25%. Nowadays China takes the main position in wind energy sector. In Europe case we can find big disparities in the development levels between countries because of geographic location and type of climate. Germany is the leader in wind energy in the UE. Poland takes the main place in comparison with new member states but in the UE-27 its position is not very high (closer to the average level). Nowadays the wind energy provides about 2% of global energy consumption and it is considered as a world leader of “green” technologies. New jobs are created in this sector. Over 1 million people should be hired in the world by the Worldwide Wind Energy Association WWEA in the end of 2012.. The main aim of this article is an attempt to analyze the current state and prospects of development of wind energy in the world. Individual parts of this article show the meaning of renewable energy nowadays. Also the development of wind energy in the European Union has been presented. The style of this work is theoretical and empirical. The theoretical material connected with the subject has been used. In empirical part we can find the analysis of individual public statistics which are characteristic for selected issues.

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