“Smart Villages”
WirtschaftsWoche
German administrative districts (Landkreise) want to be more independent of energy imports, writes Angela Schmid in WirtschaftsWoche. The rise of renewables had brought new possibilities to many regions. “In plain language this means: Instead of transferring money for natural gas, coal and uranium abroad, regional value creation and jobs develop,” writes Schmid. In the district Rhine-Hunsrück, for instance, 250 million euros for energy imports could be regionally bound between now and 2050, according to the German Association of District Councils.
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