Penkun wind project

ENERTRAG has been planning a wind field south of Penkun for several years, for which a separate approval procedure with public participation is to be carried out. In this context, transparent information should be provided at this point.

In addition to the environmentally friendly construction and operation of up to 12 powerful wind turbines, the main focus is on the participation of local citizens and communities and thus an important project in the concrete implementation of the energy transition in the Vorpommern region.

The 12 planned wind turbines produce more than 160,000 MWh of clean electricity per year and can therefore supply more than 50,000 households with green energy, assuming an average electricity consumption of 3,000 kWh per household per year. The electricity produced can also save over 70,000 tons of_CO2 annually.

ENERTRAG is thus acting for a clean and secure future for the benefit of the people in the country and future generations on the basis of 100% renewable energies.

Online consultation successfully completed

12/15/2020

Comments could be submitted again.

The public hearing for the approval procedure originally planned for 10.06.2020 had to be canceled due to the corona-related restrictions and replaced by an online consultation. As part of this consultation, all those who commented on the procedure as part of the public participation process were once again given the opportunity to comment. This online consultation has now been successfully completed.

Unfortunately, due to the current situation on site, no public information events can be held. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

In particular, we wish you good health for the coming period, which will certainly not be easy!

Planning area and status of the procedure

The Penkun wind field is located on the territory of the town of Penkun (Vorpommern-Greifswald district) to the south of the town area in an area previously used intensively for agriculture. The project area is located between the town of Penkun in the north, the village of Büssow in the east, Kirchenfeld in the west and the existing wind field in the southeast near Schönfeld. The Penkuner Weg runs through the middle of the planning area.

The Penkun wind suitability area is suitable for the erection of wind turbines according to the standardized criteria of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is therefore designated as a suitability area in the draft for the partial update of the Vorpommern regional plan with the area number 54/2015. The area is also very suitable for the planned project for several other reasons. These include

Good wind conditions for efficient wind energy use

Good accessibility thanks to the direct connection to federal highway 113 and freeway 11

Proximity to existing power lines and a transformer station for the grid connection

Suitable location in terms of noise and shadow impact emissions

Pre-determined by the directly adjacent Schönfeld wind field on the Brandenburg side

Area no. 54/2015 has a total size of around 169 ha, although only a few ha are actually to be used for development. The construction and operation of 12 wind turbines is currently planned as part of the project applied for. A further 5 WTGs are planned in the area by the company Notus Energy.

An application for approval in accordance with Section 4 of the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) was submitted for the project in December 2018. As part of the approval process, all documents will be put on public display to give residents, associations and authorities the opportunity to find out about the plans and make comments.

Planned wind turbines

The construction and operation of 12 wind turbines of the Vestas V150 generation are currently planned for the Penkun wind project. A further 5 wind turbines are planned in the area by the company Notus Energy.

The V150 wind turbines have a rotor radius of around 75 m and an installed rated output of 4.2 megawatts. The hub height of the turbine is around 166 m and the total height is therefore around 240 m.

The Vestas V150 is a high-yield turbine for locations with wind conditions away from the direct coastline. Compared to previous models, the turbine has an enlarged swept rotor area of 1,7671 square meters, which allows the turbine to adapt optimally to both the individual site specifications and the local wind conditions. The larger rotor can capture more wind, generating more energy and thus reducing electricity generation costs. The V150/4.2 also ensures that the highest possible energy yield is generated hand in hand with applicable noise protection requirements.

Citizen and municipal participation

Forms of participation

Participation takes many forms. ENERTRAG has always stood for broad and multi-layered participation by citizens and local authorities. In addition to informal participation within the planning process, it is of course also about economic participation. To this end, ENERTRAG has been supporting a large number of community energy companies for years. However, regional companies such as municipal utilities are also involved in the operation of the projects.

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the legislator has gone one step further and regulated the economic participation of citizens and municipalities by law.

Citizen and municipal participation law

The Citizen and Municipal Participation Act came into force on May 28, 2016. The basic idea of the law is to oblige project sponsors. They are to establish a limited liability company for new wind farms and then offer shares of at least 20 percent in this company to their immediate neighbors for participation. Each share may cost a maximum of 500 euros.

There are several ways to participate. Resident and neighboring communities can acquire shares in the project company that operates the future wind field. Alternatively, the project sponsor can offer an annual compensatory levy for the municipalities or other individually tailored forms of participation can be found for the municipalities. The decision on possible alternatives to direct participation in the project company is made by the municipality.

In addition, the project sponsors are free to offer citizens a savings product instead of shares. This reduces the risk for private investors. With the direct acquisition of shares in the project company, they would bear not only the profits but also the losses of a project within the scope of the respective investment. One way to participate in the earnings of the wind field with less risk is a savings product. In this case, the project company could transfer profits of 10 percent to a bank. Neighbors within a five-kilometer radius can set up savings bonds or fixed-term deposits with this bank, for example. Interest is paid on the invested money with the profit from the wind field.