With monument protection against new wind turbines

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Wind turbines with an output of 56 gigawatts (GW) are currently installed in Germany.

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Berlin It reads like instructions with the headline “How do I prevent wind turbines where I don’t want them?”: The twelve-page rejection notice for the Dazuzow wind farm is a source of inspiration for all pioneers of monument protection – or wind farm opponents.

The five planned wind turbines would “destroy the formative calm visual effect of the background with their color contrasts (red and white), technical forms and the movements of the wings,” according to the decision issued by the Brandenburg State Office for the Environment on June 15, 2022 Has.

Monument protection as an obstacle to the construction of wind turbines

Mitzow represents a trend that is causing growing concern in the wind energy industry. So far, the protection of birds of prey such as the red kite, objections from air traffic control, restrictive distance regulations and a sluggish expansion of the power grid have been the greatest obstacles to the rapid expansion of wind energy on land. But while solutions have been found to some of these problems, a new one is looming on the horizon: historic preservation.

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