The city council of Reusel-De Mierden provided a declaration of no-objection for the Agro-Wind onshore wind farm this week. It is now up to the Municipal Executive to provide the environmental permit.
The wind farm will comprise of 11 wind turbines in 3 line positions in the south of Reusel, near the Belgian border. The wind farm should produce around 70 million kWh annually.
Agro-Wind is an initiative by High Tech Agro Campus society, consisting of 30 members residing within a 900 m radius from the wind farm location. These are both businesses as local residents. An application for an environmental permit was submitted in March of 2019.
The consultation period ended on 30 December 2019. In January, the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment also gave a favourable recommendation.
