The North Rhine-Westphalian SPD chairman Thomas Kutschaty has spoken out in favor of fewer requirements for the construction of wind turbines. “If we want to do without coal-based electricity in 2030, we need a huge expansion of wind power and solar systems. Rigid distance rules for wind turbines for residential development and the tabooing of wind turbines in forest areas then no longer fit in with the times, ”said Kutschaty of the“ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung ”(Thursday).
Düsseldorf - The SPD politician recommended creative models for citizen participation in renewable energies in order to pacify social conflicts.
"The people have to be more involved in the profits." The opposition leader in the NRW state parliament leads the working group "Modern State and Democracy" at the traffic light coalition negotiations in the federal government, which is primarily concerned with measures to accelerate approval procedures in the energy transition .
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