raising social acceptance with „bürgerwindparks“ a track record from schleswig-holstein

RAISING SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE WITH „BüRGERWINDPARKS“

A TRACK RECORD FROM SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

Martin Schmidtwindcomm schleswig-holstein

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I. windcomm schleswig-holsteinSchleswig-Holstein´s Network Agency for

Wind Energy

II. Regional Bürgerwindparks Definition and Succsess Factors

III. Conclusion

Agenda

windcomm schleswig-holstein Schleswig-Holstein´s Network Agency for Wind Energy

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• Established 2004

• Publicly Funded by Schleswig-Holstein

• Co-Funded by the Business

Development Agencies of

North Frisia, Rendsburg-Eckernförde,

Dithmarschen & Steinburg

• Headquarters in Husum; North Frisia

• Since April 2010: windcomm schleswig-holstein e. V.

windcomm schleswig-holstein Schleswig-Holstein´s Network Agency for Wind Energy

Regional Bürgerwindparks Definition and Succsess Factors

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• Germany´s northernmost federal state

• First German wind farm installation

• North Frisia is called the cradle of wind energy

• Long history in onshore wind

• More than 2.590 wind turbines to date


Germany

SH

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Bürgerwindparks:

• Public wind farms

• 100 % owned by local citisens and/or the communities

• Established in the 1990s by farmers to finance wind farms

• Legal form in Germany: Mostly GmbH & Co KG


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• Concentration of onshore wind farms on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein

• Highest concentration of public wind farms in North Frisia

Installed Capacity (MW)

Number of Wind Turbines (WT)

Ostholstein309 WT412 MW

Schleswig-Flensburg

387 WT297 MW

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

81 WT104 MW

Plön43 WT38 MW

Steinburg215 WKA285 MW

HerzogtumLauenburg

47 WT47 MW

Segeberg32 WT38 MW

Stormarn41 WT53 MW

Pinneberg11 WT14 MW

North Frisia653 WT816 MW

Dithmarschen809 WT612 MW

Lübeck6 WT2 MW

Flensburg

Kiel

Neumünster

Source: Landwirtschaftskammer Schleswig-Holstein


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Region Example: North Frisia

• Number of wind turbines: 652

• Installed capacity: 813 MW

• Number of wind farms: around 60

• Share of public wind farms: about 90 %


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Sucsess factors:

• High degree of transparency

• High experienced banks & taxaccountants, project planers

Advantages of Bürgerwindparks:

• Higher social acceptance

• Faster planing process

• Increased regional added value


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The economic power of public wind farms(Study by German WindEnergy Association (2007))

12 million €3 million €2.4 million €Compensation payments

2.94 billion €735 million €618 million €Total investment

Accumulated Data

17.8 million €4.45 million €3.74 million €Payments for rents, rights of way etc

36.4 million €9.1 million €7.64 million €Business tax

6.12 billion kWh1.53 billion kWh1.29 billion kWhElectricity production

2,423 MW676 MW =100 %564 MW = 84 %Installed capacity

Data for one year (2007)

Extrapolation for Schleswig-Holstein

Resulting data for North Frisia

Data from participating wind farms

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• More than 7.000 employees in the wind energy sector in ca. 200 companies in Schleswig-Holstein

• 13.000 € per MW annual tax revenue for the communities in Schleswig-Holstein

• Turnover from electrical power generation in 2007: ca. 440 Mio. €

• Business tax in 2008 in SH: ca. 40 Mio. €; in North Frisia: 9,1 Mio. € = 10 % of the total business tax

• Investment volume in onshore wind farms in 2006-2008: ca. 500 Mio. €

• 98 % of Schleswig-Holsteins onshore wind farms were financed by regional banks


Conclusion

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Conclusion

Advantages of Bürgerwindparks:

• Higher social acceptance

• Faster planing process

• Increased regional added value

Sucsess factors:

• High degree of transparency

• High experienced actors

Martin Schmidtwindcomm schleswig-holsteinnetwork agency for wind energy

Schloßstraße 7, 25813 HusumTel.: +49 (0) 4841 6685-0Fax: +49 (0) 4841 6685-16

E-Mail: [email protected]: www.windcomm.de

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