The turbines in Denmark's largest onshore wind farm on the Thorup Plain are currently spinning without a valid local plan and environmental impact study, after the Planning Appeals Board annulled both. The Planning Appeals Board assessed that the environmental impact study was deficient in terms of consideration for the birds, the blue merganser and the common harrier.
The builder of the turbines, Eurowind, has denied that they had been too quick with the construction of the turbines, even though there were complaints in the Planning Appeals Board.
- I don't think we have moved too quickly. There has been a complaint period of over three years, should we have waited until now? I find it very difficult to see that we should have done it differently, said Eurowind's head of public affairs, Joachim Steenstrup to DKvindkraft on the day the decision came from the Planning Appeals Board.
According to one of the country's leading environmental experts, law professor Peter Pagh from the University of Copenhagen, Eurowind is not responsible for the turbines that have been installed. On the other hand, it lies with the municipalities of Vesthimmerland and Jammerbugt, since they have approved the project, writes Jyllands-Posten.
- It is not the wind turbine owner who has disregarded anything, it is the municipality's decision that has been overturned by the Planning Appeals Board, which is why it is the authorities who have a problem, says Peter Pagh and continues:
- It is the authorities who cannot figure out the rules in the area, which is why it is also the authorities who must get things in order, he tells the newspaper.
Peter Pagh believes that the most obvious solution for the two municipalities is to try to legalize the turbines by having a new local plan and environmental impact study made, and that will take time. However, the professor believes that the turbines do not need to be stopped during the processing period.
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