{"id":10211,"date":"2026-06-09T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/?p=10211"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:08:09","slug":"wunsch-und-wirklichkeit-wie-kommunen-zum-solarparkausbau-stehen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wunsch-und-wirklichkeit-wie-kommunen-zum-solarparkausbau-stehen\/","title":{"rendered":"Desire and reality - How local authorities view the expansion of solar parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Energy transition takes place locally<\/strong>, and Germany's mayors are ready.<\/strong> A new one, comprehensive Survey of 609 municipalities<\/a> <\/strong>shows: The interest in new energy projects is huge. Many of the participating municipalities are already implementing energy transition projects, as shown in Figure 1 below. But while the plans are maturing in the town halls, ambitions often come up against structural hurdles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1: Overview of RE projects by municipalities<\/strong> (Source: Heimatwurzeln)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

High level of acceptance for the local turnaround<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A key finding of the study dispels the prejudice of general rejection: Around 78 % of the town hall leaders surveyed rate the acceptance of the energy transition in their municipality as high or very high<\/strong> in. Especially in the At 85 %, approval is above average in the south of Germany<\/strong> (see chart 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 2: Acceptance outweighs protest potential<\/strong> (Source: Heimatwurzeln)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What strengthens this support? The study names clear factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Favourable energy prices:<\/strong> For 67 %, the main arguments are the reduction in the burden on citizens and cheaper electricity for local businesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Financial participation:<\/strong> The direct involvement of the population (55 %) and the municipality itself (43 %) are decisive levers for social peace in the expansion (see Figure 3).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Figure 3: Measures for acceptance overview<\/strong> (Source: Heimatwurzeln)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Communication as a critical factor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Interestingly, ztwo-thirds of respondents consider the federal government's current communication to be a burden on local acceptance<\/strong>. Energy transition projects are implemented in line with political decisions, but national political debates on renewable energies also have an influence on local acceptance. This is evident here, the importance of sound information and transparency <\/strong>- Topics that we also address in our fact papers <\/a><\/strong>deepen - e.g. to Battery storage<\/a>, Power grids<\/a> or Biodiversity in the solar park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Figure 4: Federal Government communication<\/strong> (Source: Heimatwurzeln)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Conclusion<\/strong>The Municipalities are not brakemen, but shapers<\/strong>. However, they demand More reliable framework conditions<\/strong>, especially with regard to funding and participation, as well as clear communication at federal level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Background:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The Nationwide survey<\/a> of more than 600 mayors was organised by the Initiative Climate Neutral Germany (IKND) and heimatwurzeln e.V<\/a>. initiated. The result: the local energy transition rarely fails due to the will of those responsible - but rather due to a lack of grid capacity, a lack of money and complicated procedures. To mark the survey, we are publishing a series of blog posts on selected results on SonneSammeln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Contributions to survey results of the Network connection topics<\/strong> and Municipal participation<\/strong> you can read in a timely manner on SonneSammeln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A survey of 609 municipalities shows that interest in and acceptance of solar parks is high.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,55,214,7],"tags":[106,81,203,276],"class_list":["post-10211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-beispiel-aus-der-praxis","category-kommunalbeteiligung","category-kommune","tag-akzeptanz","tag-energiewende","tag-flaeche","tag-kommune"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10211"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10250,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions\/10250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonne-sammeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}