Featured in Not gone with the wind – 02-2010

PV in the eye of the beholder

Solar farms in the crossfire: Lower Bavaria is Germanys premier solar region. But now protests aimed at ground-mounted systems are growing. The town of Ruhstorf near the Austrian border shows how the conflict over solar farms can be de-escalated.

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pv magazine

15 Sep 2010

In Gäuboden, a twenty-kilometer strip of land with the Danube flowing to the east and the old Roman city of Straubing to the west, the soil is rich and fruitful. For a long time, Gäuboden was considered Bavaria’s breadbasket; farming brought prosperity to the region. The landowners there were called “farmer kings” in the 19th …

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