150 permits for the transport of a wind turbine?
The energy transition is currently making only sluggish progress. The reason for this seems to be overly bureaucratic procedures and a lack of staff in the responsible authorities. Apparently around 150 permits are needed to transport a wind turbine in Germany.
Northwest Germany is one of the most important regions when it comes to expanding wind turbines. But it is precisely there that the energy transition seems to be progressing slowly. The reason: unprocessed applications for the transport of wind turbines.
Energiewende: Outstanding applications for the transport of wind turbines
Because the Northwest regional branch of the federally owned Autobahn GmbH, which forwards the applications for approval to the responsible federal states, is currently unable to keep up. This is from a report by manager magazine citing the picture on sunday (BAMS) out.
Accordingly, around 15,000 applications are unprocessed. The authority confirmed in one official statement meanwhile, although that one had fallen behind. However, the Autobahn GmbH denied the claims of the BAMSthat there is an application freeze.
150 permits for the transport of a wind turbine?
According to reports, however, a total of around 150 permits are required to enable the transport of a wind turbine. In addition, around 80 to 100 heavy transports are required before a wind turbine is actually standing in order to generate energy. Transport State Secretary Oliver Luksic (FDP) has meanwhile announced to BAMS that approvals will be accelerated.
According to Autobahn GmbH, the processing time for such applications is currently around eight weeks. This is also due to the increase in applications. However, the authority is working “at full speed to continuously reduce the processing backlog”.
Autobahn GmbH also announced: “Internal work processes have already been optimised, other branches are helping out and external support has also been contractually bound on our part. These measures will help us to process the backlog of applications.”
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