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Wind farm for border cities of Aachen and Heerlen, Germany & the Netherlands

Type: CaseStudy

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Abstract

In Germany, wind energy has experienced over recent years a degree of success that had hardly been thought conceivable. Despite this success, it remains remarkable when a major city such as Aachen, which generally has little space within its area to erect larger wind farms, implements one of the largest inland wind farms at a distance of about 5 km to the historic city centre. The wind farm is in the immediate vicinity of the Dutch border town of Heerlen - this fitted excellently within a German-Dutch joint venture: The two border cities of Aachen and Heerlen have decided to build a joint commercial estate which will count wind energy among its sources of supply.

Keywords: Wind energy; Sustainable urban planning

This case study was prepared by Energie-Cités in cooperation with the city of Aachen and with the financial support of European Commission DG TREN within the scope of the ALTENER Programme.

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