Wind energy project on the Chroobach is making progress
The Chroobach Windenergie project group wants to use the potential of wind energy on the Chroobach. She was able to complete important planning work. Now the partial revision of the land use planning is to be requested from the municipality of Hemishofen.
The Chroobach Windenergie project community consists of the two regional energy suppliers Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Schaffhausen AG ( EKS ) and SH POWER . Your goal is to exploit the potential for wind energy on the Chroobach. In total, it wants to produce 25 to 27 million kilowatt hours of renewable electricity there per year, according to a press release . That is roughly twice as much electricity as is currently used by the population of the upper part of the canton each year.
In 2019, the federal government approved the cantonal structure plan for wind energy. With the establishment of the wind energy area on the Chroobach in the municipality of Hemishofen, he laid an important basis for the project. According to the information, the planning work has been successfully advanced since then. The next step is to apply for a partial revision of the land use planning to the municipality of Hemishofen. The project community is already in dialogue with the community to discuss the next planning steps.
The project community also wants the local population to participate in the new project. It should be able to participate in the wind farm with a wind share. The project group intends to publish further details on this "shortly".