Wind power expansion in Amorbach: City council speaks for W77!

Wind power expansion in Amorbach: City council speaks for W77!

in Amorbach, a lively town in the Miltenberg district, are the focus of the current municipal discussions. In the past few weeks, the priority area for wind turbines has been expanded, which has come across broad support in the city council. According to Main-echo have identified several areas that are suitable for wind turbines, including the area W77 in the old forest. However, this was then reduced to 118 hectares, as concerns were expressed that the visibility of the wind turbines in the nearby Schippach district was critical.

The Untermain energy cooperative has clearly spoken out for the W77 area because it sees the potential and suitability for wind use. According to Mayor Peter Schmitt (CSU), the reasoning that the withdrawal of areas is too restrictive was supported by the city council. The city council suggests restoring the original scope of space. In addition to this important debate on wind energy, other topics such as transport connections are also addressed. Stefan Schüller (SPD) asked about a lively change in the bus route, which has not yet been met

Amorbach in detail

Amorbach, strongly rooted in the Spessart-Mainland travel area, extends over an area of 50.90 km² and has around 3,933 inhabitants. This makes the city a municipality with a relatively low population density of 77.27 inhabitants per km². According to Stadtistik.de , the city comprises a total of 1,150 residential buildings, including numerous single-family houses. The economic situation is also stable with tax revenue of over 4 million euros. Nevertheless, demographic development remains a challenge because there were more deaths than births, with an average age of the population of 46.8 years, which is above the nationwide cut.