The Game of Space in the Act on Investments Relating to Wind Power Plants and Alternative Solutions – Case Study of Rural Areas of Łódzkie Voivodeship

The game of space is an element of spatial development of each administrative unit. The spatial conflicts are the basis of this game caused by different goals of local actors. In Polish conditions there were many conflicts about the location of wind turbines in rural areas. The conditions were changed with the new act on investments relating to wind power plants. Provisions contained in the act include requirements for a distance of wind farms from residential areas.The article is an attempt to show areas where can be located wind turbines and some alternatives for provisions of the act. The aim of the article is to show difference between the location of wind turbines in the distance equal of ten times of height of wind turbine and the distance equal of six times of tower height of wind turbine. The article shows how the provisions of the act on investments relating to wind power plants can interact on different space users on the rural areas