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Under Horst Seehofer as Prime Minister, the “10H rule” came into being in Bavaria. He doesn’t regret it at all.
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Bavaria has many opponents of wind power – and a distance rule that usually prevents new wind turbines. State boss Söder has now signaled a compromise, but the lead in some federal states is difficult to catch up. An overview.
By SZ authors, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich
With his tour of the federal states, the Green Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to boost the expansion of wind energy – and right from the start he chose the Christian Social Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Söder, as his toughest opponent. Because in Bavaria, the toughest requirement for new wind turbines has been in force since 2014: According to the “10H rule”, the distance between a wind turbine and the next settlement must be ten times its height. This has practically brought the expansion of wind energy in Bavaria to a standstill, with just eight new turbines being built in 2021. This means that there are only 1249 wind turbines in operation in what is by far the largest federal state.
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