Citizens just vote for a wind turbine gear: SFS project failed!

Citizens just vote for a wind turbine gear: SFS project failed!

Au, Schweiz - A tight decision has decisively influenced the wind energy future in Au SG. In the event of a vote, 1,044 citizens (50.1 percent) voted for a minimum distance of 500 meters between houses and wind turbines, while 1,040 voters (49.9 percent) were. With this extremely narrow majority, the construction regulations in the community have been changed. The participation in the vote was 48.59 percent, as reported.

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The result of this initiative is hard in the SFS company in Heerbrugg: the planned wind turbine with a height of 220 meters, which should serve for the company's power supply in the industrial area, cannot now be realized. "SFS cannot continue the project if the initiative accepts the initiative," the company had explained in advance. Despite this decision, it is emphasized that it has no influence on other planned wind farms in the canton of St. Gallen. These are in the national interest and are anchored in the execution plan, as well as Nau.ch reported.

The canton of St. Gallen is aiming to generate around 300 gigawatt hours of electricity via wind turbines by 2050. This is to be implemented by the construction of nine to twelve wind farms, of which 15 locations are already approved. However, individual projects such as that of SFS are bound to the municipal provisions, while the larger wind farms are subject to a cantonal special use plan.