Interrogation based evaluation of a planning project
Ordering party: Department of the Interior Schleswig-Holstein, dept. landuse planning
Evaluation the repowering project Ellhöft
Four wind energy converters of the type Siemens bonus 2.3 MW with a total height of 139.5 m shall be built up adjacently to the existing wind park in the municipality of Ellhöft in the very north of Schleswig-Holstein at the Danish border. As a countermove altogether 32 smaller old wind energy converters are dismantled in several municipalities in the same region. OECOS GmbH was engaged to accompany and to evaluate this project, for to see, if it is an example worthy enough for reduplication.
The first work step of our work dealt with the old plants, the old plant locations, the operator structure and the perception of the plan by residents and tourists. In particular a resident and tourist interrogation, an interrogation of the plant operators and an interrogation of the neighbourhood of the new plants was carried out. The results of these interviews offer meaningful clues about the acceptance of windenergy and especially repowering projects.