German environment minister says Wadden Sea taboo for offshore wind power
Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung
The Wadden Sea coastal region in the North Sea must remain off limits for offshore wind power turbines, German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said in an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. Ahead of a trilateral conference with the Netherlands and Denmark on common management of the protected UNESCO World Heritage site, Schulze said there are enough locations available elsewhere and marine animals should be disturbed as little as possible by the power plants.
Find the interview in German here (paywall).
See the CLEW factsheet Environmental concerns accompany German offshore wind expansion for background.
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