Buocher Höhe: starting shot for wind power in the Rems-Murr district!

Im Rems-Murr-Kreis steht die Entscheidung über Windkraftstandorte, wie die Buocher Höhe, für Herbst 2025 an. Artenschutz und Anwohnerbeteiligung sind zentrale Themen.
In the Rems-Murr district, the decision about wind power locations, such as the Buocher Höhe, is due for autumn 2025. Species protection and resident participation are central topics. (Symbolbild/MBW)

Buocher Höhe: starting shot for wind power in the Rems-Murr district!

Buocher Höhe, Waiblingen, Deutschland - The wind blows fresh into the Rems-Murr district! A new chapter in wind power history is now being opened on the Buocher Höhe. The district office sees the potential for wind turbines in this controversial area, which is located above Korb, Remshalden and Weinstadt. There are now new developments more than five years after the wind turbines have been commissioned on the gold floor near Winterbach, which have been doing their job since the end of 2017. The city of Waiblingen identified the Buocher Höhe as a possible location for wind power years ago, the last decision should be made in autumn 2025, as the Stuttgart messages report.

The focus is on the resumption of the Buocher Höhe in the list of priority areas for wind power. This decision is not without controversy, since species protection law concerns have been expressed. How the citizens and nature conservation organizations position themselves remains to be seen, because the deadline for comment ends on August 1, 2025. The majority of the regional assembly has already spoken positively for the resumption, which could give the project a thrust, according to the ZVW

a controversial area

The Buocher Höhe, which was deleted from the list on the initiative of the Region Stuttgart Association in 2018, could come into focus again. Despite the uncertainties about the construction of wind turbines in priority areas, Andreas Hesky, the former Mayor of Waiblingen, is optimistic. The Lower Nature Conservation Authority is also not completely averse to the expulsion as a priority area, as the Stuttgart messages do.

An essential factor for the construction of the wind turbines will be the consent of the property owners. However, these uncertainties could affect the plans of the city of Waiblingen. Discussions with adjacent neighboring municipalities are already planning to discuss the integration of the Buocher Höhe into the regional plan.

look into the future

What's coming now? After the priority areas have been determined, there are further steps in the house. Detailed studies on the determination of specific locations are essential, further wind measurements are not planned. The regional councils will evaluate the statements and ultimately make the decision on the priority areas in the regional plan in autumn 2025.

The governments and decision-makers in Baden-Württemberg thus rely on renewable energies and wind power as a central pillar for sustainable energy future. The challenges are great, but the possibilities could not be better, as the BMUV emphasized. The next few months will promise exciting developments for wind power in the Rems-Murr district.

Overall, it can be hoped that everyone involved has a good hand and that the upcoming decisions are in line with nature conservation and the energy transition. The wind will blow, the only question is: where will the next wind turbines be?

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