Piotr Czopek
Vice President
Polish Wind Energy Association
Graduate of political science in the field of European studies at Akademia Świętokrzyska in Kielce and postgraduate studies at the University of Warsaw and Collegium Civitas in the field of globalisation and energy security.
Since 2008 an employee of the Ministry of Economy, then of the Ministry of Energy, where in the Department of Energy and then in the Department of Renewable and Distributed Energy he dealt with issues related to the development of RES and distributed, prosumer energy. From 2019, as Director of the Department of Renewable Energy (Department of Renewable Energy Sources) at the Ministry of Energy and then at the Ministry of State Assets and the Ministry of Climate and Environment, he implemented the concept of energy clusters and created regulations to support the development of distributed energy. In addition, he oversaw planning work for the development of renewable energy sources and the creation of legal conditions for their further operation, including in the area of offshore wind Energy. Since January 2021, as Director of Regulatory Affairs and currently as Vice President of the Polish Wind Energy Association, he has been dealing with issues related to the promotion of wind energy development in Poland, including the implementation of Polish offshore wind farm projects. Since 2022, he has been working with the RE-Source Poland Hub Foundation promoting the use of cPPAs in the context of RES project development and the use of green energy in companies. Since 2023, he has also served as Vice President of the Wind Industry Hub Foundation.