| Gąski | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Koszalin |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mielno |
| Coordinates: | 54.2358°N 15.9225°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 400 |
| Registration Plate: | ZKO |
Gąski (German: Funkenhagen)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mielno, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 18km (11miles) west of Koszalin and 1270NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin. It is located on the Slovincian Coast.
The village has a population of 400.
Gąski is one of the most popular tourists' destination on Polish coast for its beautiful beaches and nature, aiming at sustainable development.[3]
As a result of intense civic mobilisation, a referendum was held in February 2012, in which 94% of the citizens of Mielno voted against the building of a nuclear power station in the village of Gąski. The citizens' protest had been supported by members of two biggest parliamentary political groups (otherwise supportive for nuclear power): Civic Platform (Koszalin MP Marek Hok) and Law and Justice (Koszalin MP Czesław Hoc),[4] as well as non-parliamentary Green Party[5] and councillors of nearby city of Kołobrzeg. "Ecological Kołobrzeg" association also supported protests in 2012.[6]
Despite the protests and referendum results, the Polish government still insists on the location of NPP in Gąski,[7] although the entire Polish nuclear programme is on a 7-year delay (as of 2015).[8] The first NPP is now planned not earlier than 2027 (the initial plan was 2020 and the government related its construction to goals of 2020 climate-energy package of the EU). In June 2016, state-owned energy company PGE EJ1 announced that it had withdrawn from the NPP project in Gąski.[9]
Green Institute Foundation supports Gąski and Mielno to develop its own renewable energy capacity (prosumer, co-operative or communal) co-organising "Energy democracy" campaign together with Mielno authorities.[10] [11]