Overview
- An Ökoenergie-Institut Bayern assessment published via the state environment office finds six of 18 planning regions fall short of the 1.8% benchmark, including Südostbayern (1.3%), Allgäu, Oberland and Donau-Wald (1.4% each), Nürnberg (1.6%) and Ingolstadt (1.7%).
- Other regions exceed the target at 2.1%—among them Bayerischer Untermain, Würzburg, Main-Rhön, Oberfranken-West and -Ost, Oberpfalz-Nord, Westmittelfranken and Augsburg—while Regensburg is at 1.9% and Landshut, Munich and Donau-Iller reach 1.8%, indicating the statewide goal appears achievable in sum.
- Under the federal Windenergieflächenbedarfsgesetz, each planning region must designate 1.1% of land by end-2027 and Bavaria must reach 1.8% statewide by end-2032, with reduced local control over siting if obligations are missed.
- The report’s figures are described as non-binding orientation and minimum recommendations, and regional planning associations retain authority over final site designations.
- Economic Minister Hubert Aiwanger says most regions have implemented wind siting rules and notes more than 62,540 hectares designated in recent years, while Green Party energy spokesman Martin Stümpfig calls the approach too slow and urges binding targets by 2027, with a federal review of allocation values still pending.