Project management in the renewable energy sources industry in Poland - identification of conditions and barriers

Abstract

The article aims to identify the conditions accompanying the project management process in the renewable energy sources (RES) industry. The author will also try to reveal the key barriers and problems associated with this process in the surveyed business entities. In addition to the analysis of the literature, the author chose as another research method a survey in the form of a structured interview with project managers and their employees -the survey was conducted in 2021 in 44 purposively selected enterprises of the SME sector, which are based in Poland and implement this type of project (a total of 254 people took part in the survey). After analysing the literature on the subject and the survey results, keeping in mind its pilot nature, the author listed ten determinants that impact the management of RES projects. According to the author, they significantly affect the project's result and generate the main problems and dysfunctions that project teams encounter.