No Wind Turbines for Jungfernheide or Grunewald: Berlin Trims Its Wind Energy Site List
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Berlin's Senate has removed four areas — including Jungfernheide and Teufelsberg — from its wind energy plan, leaving four remaining candidate sites ahead of a 2027 federal designation deadline.
Berlin's Senate has revised its wind energy site plan by removing four locations from consideration: the Volkspark Jungfernheide (Tegel), Teufelsberg, Grunewald, and the Wartenberg/Falkenberg landscape area. The changes follow public consultation and reflect an increase in the minimum required distance between turbines and residential areas from 500 to 750 metres, which made several sites unsuitable. Four candidate areas remain in the running: Blankenfelde, Buchholz Nord, Krummendammer Heide, and Riesenfelder Gatow-Karolinenhöhe. The Senate had originally identified eight potential sites in 2025. Under a 2023 federal renewable energy law, Berlin must designate at least 0.25 percent of its state land as wind energy areas by the end of 2027. Final Senate and parliamentary approval of the revised plan is expected before that deadline.
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