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Proposal for a nationwide regulation of citizen participation in wind and solar parks
Acceptance for the energy transition depends on involving residents affected by it – this is the premise of a recently published legal study by IKEM on behalf of the Bündnis Bürgerenergie (BBEn) and the Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband (DGRV). Only if wind and solar parks will only be recognized as a positive development in the […]
Klima und Recht (07/2023)
WindEnergy Hamburg 2024
WindEnergy Hamburg is the largest and most important fair for the global wind industry. Planners, manufacturers, suppliers, financiers, operators, service providers and companies of all sizes and orientations meet here. The fair is organized by Hamburg Messe und Congress in cooperation with Messe Husum & Congress. It is the world’s leading fair for the industry […]
Acceleration in the expansion of onshore wind energy
OVG Greifswald 07.02.2023 – 5 K 171/22 OVG: Windenergieanlage und Denkmalschutz
Offshore wind and power-to-hydrogen in the Baltic Sea Region
BVerfG, 23.03.2022 – 1 BvR 1187/17: Verpflichtende Beteiligung an Windenergiegesellschaften verfassungsgemäß
Revision of the Spatial Planning Act
The federal government has introduced a new version of the Spatial Planning Act (Raumordnungsgesetz, ROG) to speed up the planning and approval procedures for wind energy projects and promote the expansion of renewables. Although IKEM welcomes this legislative initiative, the planned changes raise concerns, in particular because their implementation may lead to new delays in […]