36 new, large wind turbines will soon change the image of the Nørrekær Meadows at the Strait, which lies across the municipality between Aalborg and Vesthimmerland Municipality.
the town councils of the two municipalities, has on Thursday adopted the plans. Thus, according to the municipalities paved the way for Denmark’s largest landvindmøllepark.
It writes the City – and Landskabsforvaltningen in Aalborg in a press release.
the Plans are about 36 new wind turbines of up to 150 m in height. In already 13 wind turbines in the area. The new one will be set by the producer Vattenfall.
Councilman in the City – and Landskabsforvaltningen in the Municipality of Aalborg Hans Henriksen is very happy with the decision.
– There has been a very high degree of public involvement, and the project sets new standards for local ownership and local roots, he says in the press release.
Also in Vesthimmerland is that political joy at the plans. The mayor of the municipality, Per Bach Laursen, says that the project has been worth the wait.
– With maximum popular support from the local community and an exemplary collaboration with the Municipality of Aalborg, Nørrekær Meadows wind turbine owners ‘ association and Vattenfall, we are setting new standards in efforts to ensure a green transition, he says in the press release.
He shall, however, at the same time a clarion call to the government, which has removed the green scheme. It was in the past to send financial compensation to the municipalities, when they agreed to set up wind turbines.
the Scheme was to get the local residents to benefit.
– To remove the grant to the local areas after the green scheme from February of this year has definitely not made it easy for us in the municipalities, which need to plan for and approve new wind projects, says Per Bach Laursen.
There has been some opposition to the project among the residents in the area, writes TV2 Nord.
Per Bach Laursen also says in the press release that the wind farm become a reality, because the producer Vattenfall has agreed to match the amount, which the municipality could have received through the green scheme.
By – and Landskabsforvaltningen in Aalborg reports that are made to contracts of sale of up to 26 properties in the area, so the impact on the area is minimised.