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Opponents of wind power join forces

2021-01-30T16:46:56.604Z


The opponents of wind turbines in the Höhenkirchner and Hofoldinger forest have come together in an initiative. In a first action they distributed flyers in some communities.


The opponents of wind turbines in the Höhenkirchner and Hofoldinger forest have come together in an initiative.

In a first action they distributed flyers in some communities.

District - No decision has yet been made as to whether wind turbines will be built in the Hofoldinger and Höhenkirchen forests.

The participating municipalities and districts, which have each founded working groups to examine the wind power projects, are waiting for the final results of the site studies under species protection law and the wind yield reports.

But meanwhile the resistance against the wind power plans has formed.

Opponents of both projects have founded a joint citizens' initiative.

The representatives of the “Initiative Pro Natur- und Landschaftsschutz im Hofoldinger und Höhenkirchner Forst” warn of the destruction of the forest, the associated extinction of species, the contamination of drinking water and the depreciation of real estate.

Opponent: Plants make no sense in low wind areas

From the point of view of the initiative, the construction of wind turbines in areas with low winds such as the Hofoldinger and Höhenkirchner forests, where hardly any wind blows, makes no sense.

"On the one hand we are destroying forest areas, an intact ecosystem, on the other hand the project hardly contributes to the green energy transition", says the Ottobrunner entrepreneur Thomas Schürmann, who co-founded the initiative.

It is therefore extremely surprising that wind power is only considered one-sided and that alternatives such as solar energy, geothermal energy and block-type thermal power stations have not yet been evaluated.

From the point of view of the initiative, however, this is urgently necessary in order to be able to make an informed decision about what can make a meaningful, effective contribution to the energy transition in the areas in question.

Initiative criticizes that citizens are not involved enough

Another point of criticism from Schürmann and his colleagues: “So far, the citizens of the affected communities have not been adequately informed and involved.

There were only online events that by far did not reach all citizens, ”he says.

This is of course due to Corona.

Regardless of this, the citizens' initiative demands that no decisions about the construction of wind turbines are made before face-to-face events enable intensive public participation.

Opponents of possible wind power plants in Höhenkirchen and Hofoldinger Forst joined forces at the end of last year in order to jointly ensure “that the contiguous landscape protection area is preserved in its previous form.

Before Christmas, they first drew attention to themselves with a joint flyer distribution campaign around the planned locations.

They are very satisfied with the response.

"We also get critical and even angry reactions, but we are overwhelmed by the amount of positive feedback," says Schürmann.

That was hoped for, but not expected.

"Apparently there are many who were just waiting for someone to finally take action and give them a voice."

In Otterfing, flyers with a community leaflet are distributed

The distribution of the flyers in Otterfing (Miesbach district) caused some excitement.

There, the prospectuses of the wind power opponents were put into the official municipality gazette and then distributed.

A circumstance that mayor Michael Falkenhahn (SPD) regrets, even if he of course has no problems with the wind power opponents informing the citizens.

"It is not an issue that the distribution takes place with the community journal, only that the flyer was in the community journal is unfortunate," he says.

In spite of inquiries with the responsible publisher, the municipality was in any case unable to clarify whether the flyers were inadvertently or deliberately placed in the municipality gazette.

Source: merkur

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