Less wind power in the lake plate: new surface cuts planned!

The Regional Planning Association Mecklenburg Lake District has reduced the number of priority areas for wind energy in a new design. This was announced by Peter Seifert, the head of the planning association, at the association meeting. Instead of originally around 2.8 percent, only 2.6 percent of the district area for wind energy expansion are intended. This reduction by 0.2 percent is primarily due to nature conservation regulations and soldier.

The exact details of the affected areas have not yet been published. The deletions concern both existing potential areas and those that are distributed across the entire district. A large part of the originally 99 potential areas are currently still in the FFH (Flora-Fauna Habitat). So far, there is only a positive FFH rating for 0.6 percent of the district areas.

planned areas for wind energy use

The state government of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is aiming to show at least 2.1 percent of the country area for the use of wind energy by the end of 2032. This corresponds to an area of ​​11,541 hectares in the lake plate. Further information on the priority areas and the affected potential areas are expected in spring 2025.

The next public association meeting, in which the draft of the wind pramous areas comes to the vote, is expected to take place on March 24th in Neubrandenburg. Since the announcement of the preliminary draft last year, there has been resistance in some regions, including in the form of a citizens' initiative that has formed in Carpin against an intended wind energy area. The resistance to the wind energy projects is particularly noticeable in the Penzliner Land.

In addition, information on wind energy planning in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania reports on the role of the role of regional planning associations. These consist of counties, independent cities, large districts of cities and middle centers. The planning decree on wind energy on land regulates the designation of the priority areas in the region. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania there are regional plans in a total of four planning regions, which are currently continuously continued with regard to their area of ​​suitability, which is also important in the context of wind energy use, such as specialist agency Windenergie reported.