“Storming of the wind turbines“
Welt am Sonntag
Growing public opposition to wind parks near residential areas is endangering the support needed for the energy transition, according to an article in Welt am Sonntag. Many Germans who live near wind parks “no longer experience the Energiewende as a necessary national project, but as a destructive force”, the newspaper says. “It’s not always clear whether the protest is against shortcomings of the Energiewende, or the result of general contempt for the state.”
Read the article in German here.
See more on the social impact of the German energy transition here.
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