"An application for the issue of an application form for the confirmation of the voidness of the copy, the validity note of which stems from the reference authority for the purpose of submission to the responsible issue authority." Reinhard Mey
			The road from wind to wind power plants is by no means evident but thorny and highly tricky. See how you get through this jungle of regional planning procedures, environmental impact assessments and immission control licensing applications without someone taking the wind out of your sails.
			The partner. The company Uhl Windkraft Projektierung in Ellwangen plans and runs wind farms with modern wind power plants. With tower heights of around 100 meters and rotor diameters of up to 80 meters, the wind power plants of the 2-megawatt group reach dimensions that affect the concerns of regional and state planning. In many places, a regional planning association specifies where and how many plants are required and seem to fit tolerably into the landscape. It also designates concentration areas in order to avoid a widespread "asparaguizing" of the landscape and thus to generally minimize interference in the landscape. Since the federal immission control law makes the approval of wind farms dependent on their proven environmental compatibility, the Uhl Windkraft Projektierung had been looking for a partner that could be relied upon to secure the required approvals. HPC has got a lot of experience in dealing with approval authorites and is in a position to deliver the required services of urban and landscape planning. The partnership has proved successful. In the meantime, we have successfully completed a large number of projects together.
			Take for example the wind farm near Waldhausen (Aalen). The city council of Aalen had decided to draw up a development plan for the projected plan area. Many citizens in the urban district of Waldhausen, however, disapproved of the project. HPC therefore did not only have to deal with the environmental impact assessment but also with the residents' apprehensions and objections.
			Public relations. A citizens' action group raised considerable objections to the planned wind energy plant. In particular there were apprehensions of disturbance by noise, casting of shadows, the so-called disco effect (light reflection by he rotor) and ice projectiles. HPC took the objections seriously and performed a comprehensive review of effects on the population and the environment. A site plan listed biotopes, existing species and protected areas in the environment. Reports followed on the effects on birds and bats, a prognosis on the casting of shadows, sound reports and visibility analyses. A risk of conflict analysis helped us in the detailed location planning. Interference in nature and landscape was balanced and the interventions in the ecological balance and the landscape were offset by appropriate measures. Due to farsighted location selection, we were able to almost completely avoid ecologically adverse effects. Implementation was helped by the fact that HPC had already been involved in drawing up the development plan of the city of Aalen. This enabled us to perfectly coordinate planning and authorization. From a legal point of view, there was no longer anything to be said against the project. And our reports should really have dispelled all reservations of the citizens' action group. But it wasn't that easy. Statements and discussions lead nowhere. Only by making a tour round comparable plants could the last sceptics in the citizens' group be won over. And when we finally submitted the comprehensive environmental impact assessment, the city council agreed to the set-up of the plants by a large majority. Done it! But we haven't finished yet. What, for example, is to be done if plants are planned in a region where the regional plan does not mention the erection of wind energy plants? Then a regional planning procedure may have to be advanced if necessary and the plant's regional compatibility has to be verified! No, there is no easy way from wind to wind power plants. So as not to be taken the wind out of your sails in the jungle of regulations, you need someone who knows his way around this jungle and who is familiar with the regulations and procedures to be applied. Interested? We have more in store. Link to the Bundesverband Windenergie e.V.

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