Two German renewable companies hope to build one of the country's biggest solar parks among rolling hills in the eastern district of Barnim to improve energy security in the face of an unprecedented supply crisis.
But the project faces dozens of hurdles, even as Russia, on which Germany has relied for decades, reduces gas supplies, raising fears of a total cut-off.
Permitting and planning procedures have meant projects of similar scale in the state of Brandenburg, home of Barnim, have taken on average 10 years to get under way. With a planned installed capacity of around 110 megawatts peak the project, which would span an area the size of more than 260 football pitches, could provide green electricity for over 30,000 households.Some of Tempelfelde's residents said only the landowners leasing their land to the companies for around 2,000-to-3,000 euros per year per hectare and the companies themselves would benefit.
Andre Bartz, a project developer at Notus GmbH, said solar investors were used to opposition, but he considered the strength of feeling to be unusual.
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