Planning of wind power industry as the element of sustainable development at the local level
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PL
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EN
In the era of the battle against anthropogenic changes of climate the introduction of the source of electricity without any emission becomes a necessity. Local governments need to lead active spatial policy which will take into consideration the development of wind power industry. In the studies of determinants and directions of spatial development there need to be presented areas that are predisposed to the development of this type of investments. The article presents the usage of the planning elaborations for shaping ”green policy” in Suwałki poviat in the Podlaskie district. It was shown that wind power industry generates serious confl icts visible in two aspects: the infl uence on the natural environment and in the relations municipality-society-investors. The author indicates that the wind power industry has negative eff ect in the minimum degree on the natural environment and becomes the indispensable element of balanced spatial development.