BfN expert discussion: How to reach nature- and landscape-compatible area (targets) for wind energy

The availability of land is becoming a central factor in the energy transition. Nationwide land use targets for the expansion of wind energy are being formulated from various directions. On the ground, these expansion targets come up against a large number of existing land uses as well as areas for nature conservation and landscape protection.

The following questions arise, particularly with regard to the expansion of wind energy use and the areas required for this: How can the obstacle of land availability (at federal level) be countered? How can the often mentioned target of 2 % of the federal territory to be designated for wind energy be implemented in a way that is compatible with nature and the landscape? Should the federal government set binding expansion targets or area targets for the Länder? How can nature conservation concerns be adequately taken into account when setting expansion targets or area quotas?

These questions will be discussed from different perspectives at a BfN online-expert disussion on 22 November 2021.

18:00: Welcome by the President of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Sabine Riewenherm
18:15h: Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. rer. Hort. Christine von Haaren, Institute for Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hanover
18:30: BfN expert discussion: How to reach to nature- and landscape-compatible area (targets) for wind energy  

• Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christine von Haaren, Leibniz University of Hanover, Institute for Environmental Planning
• Christoph Heinrich, WWF Germany, Director of Nature Conservation
• Prof. Dr. iur. Wolfgang Köck, Head of the Department of Environmental and Planning Law, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Member of the German Advisory Council on the Environment
• Thorsten Müller, Scientific Director of the Stiftung Umweltenergierecht (Environmental Energy Law Foundation)
• Dr. Gerd Rosenkranz, Agora Energiewende, Senior Advisor

19:45h: Closing remarks by Dr. Alfred Herberg, Head of the Department "Protection, Development and Sustainable Use of Nature and Landscape" at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

20:00h: End of the expert discussion

The evening will be moderated by Ann-Kathrin Büüsker, freelance correspondent for Deutschlandfunk.

Registration (in German only)