Energy park is being demolished: Neighbors have been sleepless for a year and are now breathing easier

Energy park to be scrapped: Neighbors breathe a sigh of relief after a year of sleepless nights

A blue majority in Køge's new council plans to scrap the controversial energy project.

Anette and Jan Poulsen live 300 meters from Lellinge Frihed forest, where eight wind turbines at 185 meters high were planned if Vallø Energy Park became a reality. (Photo: © Klara Kaye Søborg) 18 minutes ago

Vallø Energy Park in Køge was planned to produce green energy for more than 120,000 households with 18 wind turbines and a solar park on 250 hectares. However, the project's days are numbered.

For the newly elected mayor Ken Kristensen (V) has with a blue majority behind him thought about scrapping the disputed project.

- We went to the elections to stop the project and we have received voter support for that and we will keep our promises, he says.

This means that the blue majority will not contribute to the green transition, says newly elected council member Thomas Kampmann (K).

- We are painfully aware that we will have to use more energy in the future, but we believe that the large wind turbines should be moved out to sea.

The plan is to set up 18 wind turbines – 8 in Lellinge Frihed and 10 in Vallø Storskov.

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Relieved neighbors

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The project has met strong opposition from those who live near Lellinge Frihed and Vallø Storskov, where the 18 wind turbines at 185 meters high were planned to stand.

They fear that wind turbine noise will disturb and drive animals out of the forests.

Anette and Jan Poulsen live 300 meters from Lellinge Frihed. They have been sleepless at night for a year due to fear that wind turbines in the future will rise above the view of the tree tops that they have from their house.

Randi Lintrup is relieved that Køge's new council will scrap plans for the energy park. (Photo: © Klara Kaye Søborg)

1 / 1 Randi Lintrup is relieved that Køge's new council will scrap plans for the energy park. (Photo: © Klara Kaye Søborg) 1 / 1

Randi Lintrup also breathes a sigh of relief. She has fought tooth and nail for the past year to stop the energy park.

- I can now live and enjoy nature, which I do every single day.

She is not only a neighbor but also the initiator of the Green Citizen Group in Køge and the chairman of the Landowners Association for Large Wind Turbines.

It's a victory for you, but isn't it a loss for the climate?

- I think it's a big victory for the climate. We have so little forest in Denmark, and we have spent the entire summer mapping protected animal species here in the forest, so we are happy that they can stay here, says Randi Lintrup.

If all neighbors now reject wind turbines close to them, how can we achieve the green transition?

- We should stop thinking that wind turbines and solar panels are everything. There are also other energy forms that use less area, such as geothermal and nuclear power. So maybe we should slow down and reconsider Denmark's energy policy, she concludes.

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