Greens in NRW hold symbolic wreath-laying ceremony for wind power
The Green Party in Germany鈥檚 most populous federal state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) held a symbolic wreath-laying ceremony to protest the state government鈥檚 restrictive wind power policy, Rheinische Post reports. The state鈥檚 governing coalition of the conservative CDU and the pro-business FDP decided to increase the minimum distance for new turbines to residential areas to 1,500 metres. This has had 鈥渄ramatic consequences鈥 for the renewable energy source鈥檚 expansion and the Energiewende鈥檚 success in general, the Greens say. At a new wind farm near the city of Wachtendonk, the Greens held the protest ceremony saying that the installation 鈥渨ould not have been possible under the new conditions.鈥
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