Piotr Czopek
Deputy Chairman of the Board
Polish Wind Energy Association
Biography

A graduate of Political Science with European Studies from the Świętokrzyska Academy in Kielce and postgraduate studies in Globalisation and Energy Security at the University of Warsaw and Collegium Civitas. 

Since 2008, an employee of the Ministry of Economy, subsequently the Ministry of Energy, where in the Department of Energy and then the Department of Renewable and Distributed Energy, he dealt with issues related to the development of RES and distributed, prosumer energy. Since 2019, as the Director of the Department of Renewable Energy (Department of Renewable Energy Sources) in the Ministry of Energy, and subsequently in the Ministry of State Assets and the Ministry of Climate and Environment, he implemented the concept of energy clusters and created regulations supporting the development of distributed energy. Additionally, he supervised work related to the planning of renewable energy source development and the creation of legal conditions for their further operation, including in the area of offshore wind energy. Since January 2021, as Director for Regulation, and currently as Vice-President of the Polish Wind Energy Association, he has been involved in issues related to promoting the development of wind energy in Poland, including the implementation of Polish offshore wind farm projects. Since 2022, he has been collaborating with the RE-Source Poland Hub Foundation, promoting the use of cPPA contracts in the context of RES project development and the use of green energy in enterprises. Since 2023, he also holds the position of Vice-President of the Wind Industry Hub Foundation. 

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