“Communities to receive share of wind farm revenue”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Communities in the German state of Hesse will soon be able to benefit financially from wind power even if they don’t directly operate wind farms, according to a report in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hesse’s Official Gazette has published rules on “wind energy dividends” that allocate 20 percent of net income from wind farms located in state forests surrounding cities or towns to those communities. Hesse environment minister Priska Hinz said the decision allowed communities and their residents to drive the energy transition together, solicit support and make a significant contribution to climate protection.
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