The intermunicipal lighthouse project solar heat storage in Martinsrieder Feld is about to end before it has even really started.
The Planegger municipal council refused on Thursday by 16: 7 votes to participate in the preparation of a feasibility study.
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- Bernhard Glück Kies-Sand-Hartsteinsplitt GmbH has mined a total of 700,000 cubic meters of gravel on a 5.84 hectare area between Martinsried and Graefelfing in the past two years.
The Gräfelfinger local association of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and Planegger's green group 21 (gG21) would like to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether the pit is suitable as an underground heat storage facility.
Too much heat gained, for example through a photovoltaic field on Planegger Flur or a geothermal project in Graefelfing, could be stored and given off if necessary.
Richard Richter, head of the Planegger building authority, certified the project in July as having the potential to be “a big step for the climate change”, should it pay off economically.
The pit is on the Graefelfinger corridor, but backfilling is subject to Planegger requirements.
The feasibility study should be initiated by both municipalities equally.
Last Tuesday, the Graefelfingen municipal council unanimously agreed to pursue the intercommunal project.
The Planegger municipal council took a stand on Thursday.
Although the project is considered eligible and, according to the Planegger building authority, the Munich municipal utilities have shown interest, the majority saw 28,000 euros for the preparation of the study and 60,000 euros for its implementation as money thrown out.
“We're talking about new technical territory.
The envisaged order of magnitude is enormous.
I never see an implementation in life, ”said Florian Großelfinger (CSU).
Philipp Pollems (FDP parliamentary group) spoke of the effects of the corona crisis that the community will feel.
“We don't want to risk these 88,000 euros.
We don't want to gamble. ”Jürgen Peters (Greens) saw a“ serious technical problem ”, and Florian Zeller (FDW) missed a“ win-win situation ”.
Special reserve climate
Angelika Lawo (gG21) recalled the special climate reserve of 200,000 euros, which was decided in February and which was created precisely for such cases.
“We want to give a boost to an energy transition project on our doorstep.” She received support from the SPD parliamentary group.
Felix Kempf explained: “What kind of a signal is it when we, who live in one of the richest areas of Germany, now say: We don't have these 88,000 euros.
Where is climate protection even possible? ”He warned against“ neglecting the climate crisis because of the Corona crisis.
I think that's a dangerous argument. "
After all, the majority of the Graefelfing local council did not want to put any obstacles in the way if the neighboring community wanted to go on alone.
With 19: 4 votes, it was decided to waive the contractually stipulated penalties that Glück would have to pay if the backfill was delayed due to the feasibility study.