In a draft of new guidelines, the Danish Planning and Regional Development Agency has set out rules for what requirements municipalities must set for private developers who want to build a solar cell plant or wind turbines in local areas. However, in a response to a consultation, the Danish Planning and Regional Development Agency criticizes the guidelines for having "a pronounced focus on what is illegal and less clarity about what is legal practice," writes Jyllands-Posten.
At the same time, 16 municipalities in central, western and northern Jutland are calling on the agency to provide specific instructions on what can make projects attractive in a legal manner. The guidance states that municipalities must neither ask developers to compensate neighbors beyond the level already set in legislation, nor ask developers to offer larger ownership shares of the energy parks to neighbors in order to create local support.
"The government must adjust these schemes to better support local communities and ensure that it is possible to create transparency about local effects already in the initial phase of the projects," the municipalities write.
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