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Wind turbine for Otterfing? Yes for the operating company

2021-11-18T06:15:54.991Z


The next step towards a wind turbine for Otterfing has been taken. The municipal council has approved the establishment of a GmbH so that the approval process can be continued this year. How the citizens can be involved in the wind turbine project will be decided later.


The next step towards a wind turbine for Otterfing has been taken.

The municipal council has approved the establishment of a GmbH so that the approval process can be continued this year.

How the citizens can be involved in the wind turbine project will be decided later.

Otterfing -

The wind turbines project in Hofoldinger Forst has come a long way and is now on the home straight. So far, the municipalities of Otterfing, Sauerlach, Aying and Brunnthal, which has since dropped out, as well as the districts of Munich and Miesbach were organized in the ARGE. This is no longer possible. “The approval process must be continued on behalf of the GmbH that will later operate the wind turbines,” said Mayor Michael Falkenhahn (SPD) in the local council on Tuesday evening. Therefore the establishment of a GmbH.

The three municipalities are shareholders.

The circles could get in financially, but without a say.

Munich was not interested, in Miesbach the decision was still pending, informed Falkenhahn.

The fact that the district has no decision-making authority is important because otherwise the district council would always have to be heard, explained the mayor.

How are you going now?

"The ARGE's rights are transferred to the GmbH," said Falkenhahn.

The operating company will be checked by the municipal supervisory authority, which will take about six weeks, "we have to decide today so that it can still be done this year".

Wind energy for Otterfing: Foundation of a GmbH

The mayor actually wanted to make the wind power project a topic in the town hall. He regretted that it had to be canceled, but promised “a public information event in any case”. The establishment of the GmbH does not mean that the wind turbine will be built, he clarified. The second performance audit is still pending. “But previous studies have shown that the wind turbine makes sense.” Josef Killer (FWG), on the other hand, found it wrong to found a GmbH without a clear vote from the public. “Do the citizens really want the wind turbine?” He asked. Killer also found that there are cheaper alternatives in terms of the energy transition, such as solar energy.

Opposition to Killer's statements came from all political groups. "Solar technology is devastating", said Stefan Burgmayr (FWO). Solar fits on roofs and along highways, but not on open spaces. “I definitely don't want to cut down the Hofoldinger Forest for a solar system,” explained Thomas Hogger (Greens). The profitability calculation for the wind turbine is also so good "that I will invest there". Robert Schüsselbauer (CSU) noticed that solar fields required six times as much space as a wind turbine with the same energy generation. "We have to go through with this now and secure good prices," he demanded. That is how Max Ruf (SPD) saw it. “Citizen participation is good,” he said, but the municipal councils, as elected representatives, have to decide. "We can get mood pictures, and the ones I gotwere consistently positive. "Ruf said that now is not the time to" reverse a role and start ahead ". Ulrike Stockmeier (FWO) also supported the project. “A wind turbine may not be nice, but there is no alternative.” But she also wanted to ensure that Otterfing would not suffer any disadvantage from the exit from Brunnthal. Mayor Falkenhahn assured that Otterfing was even better off than before thanks to the renegotiations.that Otterfing is even better off than before thanks to the renegotiations.that Otterfing is even better off than before thanks to the renegotiations.

The approval process is to be continued this year

At the end of the debate, Roberto Sotanelli (SPD) recalled that Otterfing had secured with the site security agreement that no one else would build 20 wind turbines in the forest.

"We are moving in the right direction so that we can implement it in a controlled manner and it does not explode." The municipal council approved the establishment of "Windenergie Hofoldinger Forst GmbH" by a majority - only Josef Killer voted against it.

(Christine Merk)

Source: merkur

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