As a great success, the initiative "Together successfully renewable" evaluates their approach to rally Bavaria's mayors behind an appeal for wind power expansion. 432 made with.
At the end it was more than every fifth head of all Bavarian municipalities and cities, which would like to make the state government with the renewable legs. The initiative "Together successfully renewable" united 432 mayors behind the appeal to advance the energy transition in the Alpine state (we reported).
Since the end of May, the politically colorful initiative had solicited signatures and support for their demands from the administrative leaders of municipalities and counties. Because the choice of words turned out rather moderate, obviously very many people could identify themselves with it. For example, the appeal called on the government under Minister President Markus Söder (CSU) to "vigorously support" the municipalities on their way to climate neutrality. With "all means" the cabinet should advocate for more speed in the expansion of renewables, "especially wind turbines."
A spokeswoman for the initiative said in response to a question from our editorial team that the appeal had become a great success. Among the 432 signatories, a good fifth of the good 2,000 mayors of Bavaria, would have been also 136, which possess a CSU party book or had come over a list of the Christian Socialists to their offices. With the long signature list now the first step is done, so the spokeswoman. The top expectation is that a change will occur in Bavaria, approval procedures will run faster and the expansion of renewables will gain momentum, she said.
On August 9, the initiative made its respects to the Prime Minister, including Söder's party colleague Renate Deniffel. The mayoress of the municipality Wildpoldsried (Swabian district Oberallgäu) belonged to the eleven initiators of the appeal. More than warm words came from the State Chancellery in Munich - for example, the offer of a follow-up meeting in which district governments, regional planning authorities as well as forestry offices are also to participate. It is unclear whether the meeting will take place before the state elections on October 8. The date loosely reads fall, the spokeswoman said.
Markus Söder understood the appeal apparently more as confirmation, than as criticism of its policy. Bavaria lies with the wind energy on one of the rear places in the federal state comparison, not least because of restrictive distance regulations, which soften only gradually. But Söder left a "thank you for this municipal tailwind and valuable support" on Twitter. Among other things, he referred to the opening of the forest for wind energy, a state wind company (not yet founded) and the expansion of solar power. According to Söder's reading, Bavaria is "top in the expansion of renewable energies, but we want even more."
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