Blanke Meier Evers Wins First Offshore-Process about Coastal Waters

Bremen, 6th November 2006 - On 18 October 2006 the Administrative Court of Greifswald, Germany, issued a decision in favour of the operator of the "Baltic I" Offshore Wind Farm.

Various communities and private persons had brought suit together with the NABU association, arguing that operation of the planned (and already approved) wind farm with its 21 offshore wind power facilities would do lasting harm to the regional economy, particularly the tourism branch. They also argued that damage to the environment, especially to bird migration, was to be feared. However, the court ruled that a violation of the plaintiffs' rights was excluded from the start, since construction of wind power facilities at a distance of 15 km from the coast would not produce the scenarios forecast by the plaintiffs. Thus their claim of detrimental effects was groundless.

For the first time, therefore, a court has ruled in a matter pertaining to the admissibility of offshore wind power facilities in coastal waters. Speaking officially and as a Partner for the Law Firm of Blanke, Meier, Evers, Dr. Andreas Hinsch said: "With this ruling the court has shown that coastal areas too are basically appropriate for the utilization of offshore wind energy. The prerequisite, however, is that legal work and planning be carried out with utmost care in these sensitive, environmentally protected areas."

This is just one example on the part of our law firm of how unremitting advisory services can provide optimum conditions for preparing and successfully carrying out applications for approval.


Caroline Hattesohl
Rechtsanwältin - PR & Marketing


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