Overview

• The Senate published an updated land-use plan on June 10 inviting Berliners to evaluate eight peripheral sites for wind energy projects.
• Feedback on the recommendations can be submitted through the Senate’s online portal until July 11.
• Site selection followed an objective criteria list that eliminated many urban zones due to nature conservation, aviation safety and UNESCO heritage restrictions.
• Nabu and neighborhood groups have decried plans affecting Grunewald and the Gatower Rieselfelder as threats to protected wildlife corridors.
• Reinickendorf’s environmental councillor and the Spandau district council have opposed clearing forest near the former Tegel airport for turbine installation.