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Successful community energy project by Energiequelle GmbH and Stadtwerke Nordhausen

450 members benefit from the Uthleben wind farm
15.07.2021, Uthleben (Germany)
Press ReleaseWind

In Thuringia, Energiequelle GmbH and the municipal utility Stadtwerke Nordhausen have successfully implemented a community energy project. The Uthleben wind farm, which went into operation in 2018, now benefits five energy cooperatives, the town of Heringen/Helme and a local farmer. A total of 450 members are participating in the two Enercon E-115 turbines, each with a capacity of 3 MW.

As a holder of the Thuringian ‘Partner for Fair Wind Energy’ seal, Energiequelle GmbH creates opportunities for citizens, companies and local authorities in Thuringia to participate. The company, which is active in Thuringia among other places, sold the Uthleben wind farm to the Nordhausen municipal utilities in 2018 on condition that the municipal utilities would transfer 49 per cent of the shares to citizens' energy cooperatives over the following three years. The three years are now up.

Gunther Rösch, project manager at Energiequelle GmbH, is pleased with the good cooperation with all parties involved: ‘Creating acceptance for wind energy projects is important. Only when local people benefit will everyone pull in the same direction. We have succeeded here.’

The wind farm in Uthleben saves 7,000 tonnes of CO2 per year and supplies around 4,000 households with green electricity. And the park is to be expanded. The stakeholders mentioned are in the starting blocks and are waiting for the current spatial development plan to be able to start concrete planning.

Uthleben Bürgerwindpark