Special Envoy to Sylt
From the west coast of the island of Sylt, the eighty wind turbines of the Butendiek park are only visible on a clear day and this is the case on Thursday December 1, when a powerful and icy north wind blew the clouds away. , revealing thirty kilometers in the distance a rectilinear succession of pillars and blades.
In this natural paradise that is Sylt, the northernmost island of Germany accessible by ferry, this industrial vision disrupts at least the charm of the place, while moving some of its 18,000 inhabitants.
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From his home, Lothar Koch walks only three minutes before throwing himself into the waves of the North Sea, ignoring that familiar skyline.
The local leader of the Green Party nevertheless admits that these wind turbines, with which his friends now in power want to cover the ocean en masse, are a major reason why he voted against the coalition contract.
"
It's too dangerous, we must stop all this,
" said Lothar Koch.
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