Landscape Plan Measures Accompanying a Grid Line

GEO mbH (Society for Energy and Ecology) plans the construction of the wind energy demonstration field “GEOFReE”. The wind farm will contain five wind energy converters with a total output of approximately 25 MW in the southern Mecklenburg Bay. The power will be conducted to the 110 kV grid via the Göhl transformer station. A 36/110 kV three-phase cable connection is planned. The construction and operation of the cable connection is an intervention in nature and landscape according to Article 7.2.7 of the Schleswig-Holstein State Nature Conservation Act (LNatSchG S-H). GEO mbH therefore applied for an intervention approval. According to Article 54b.3 LNatSchG, the Environmental Ministry of Schleswig Holstein as the topmost conservation authority is in charge of the approval. The cable route crosses potential or established NATURA 2000 conservation areas. For these areas it is necessary to investigate whether the project – alone or together with other projects – can considerably impair the area. The investor engaged OECOS GmbH to prepare the environmental and conservation-related documents for the approval procedure.