United council agrees to large energy park: Now, Danish Democrats aim to overturn the decision

Residents in Revsing, Vejen Municipality may have to get used to a new view from their living room windows.

According to a joint council decision, the surrounding fields are soon to become home to a large energy park with glistening solar panels and rotating wind turbines.

A project that threatens to disrupt the daily lives of more than 100 homes.

One of the homes belongs to John Hansen and his wife. They built their house nearly 13 years ago with the intention of living there for the rest of their lives. However, the new energy park could force them to move.

- It has given sleepless nights. Our future is being spoiled, says John Hansen.

The municipal elections have given the residents some hope.

As the current council stands, Denmark's Democrats are outside. And they will do everything to prevent the energy park, if they get enough votes for the upcoming municipal election.

That's what the party's candidate, Jonas Lee Jeppesen, says.

- We will do everything we can to stop it. People move to the countryside to look at cornfields and nature, not to look at a solar panel park. By pushing this through, you are putting people's dreams in the grave.

* Jonas Lee Jeppesen is the candidate for the Denmark Democrats in Vejen Municipality, and he is running to stop the start of a new energy park in Revsing. (© DR)

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Election Meat

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One of those who has worked for the energy park in Revsing is Allan Thomsen from the Social Democrats. He gives little credence to the Denmark Democrats' interpretation of the issue.

- I think it's hard to take seriously. They make it sound like the council is coming to threaten people and force them to move and put up solar panels, but that's not what the council is doing, says Allan Thomsen.

But if the solar panels are not to be on the fields, where should they be?

Yes, they should be on the municipal roofs, thinks Jonas Lee Jeppesen from the Denmark Democrats.

But that is a proposal that smacks of electioneering, according to the Social Democrat Allan Thomsen.

- It's symbol politics. The total roof area we have is on a few hectares, so it won't make a difference. Furthermore, we must also consider that far from all municipal buildings are built to carry solar panels, says Allan Thomsen.

Here you can hear Jonas Lee Jeppesen and Allan Thomsen debate where the solar panels should be placed:

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Energy Park or a Vote

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A potential future neighbor to the energy park is Pernille Hahn-Ditlevsen, her husband and their four children. She is not yet sure who she will vote for, but the parties' stance on the energy park is the most important factor for her.

Therefore, Allan Thomsen from the Social Democrats can easily predict her vote.

* Pernille Hahn-Ditlevsen could become a neighbor to a future energy park, and the view is one she is not happy with. (© DR)

1 / 1 Pernille Hahn-Ditlevsen could become a neighbor to a future energy park, and the view is one she is not happy with. (© DR) 1 / 1

- I put my cross by one who is against this project, and who has concrete proposals for how they can stop the project, so it's not just empty words we stand with, says Pernille Hahn-Ditlevsen.

- As long as there is no local plan, and as long as there is nothing that is definitively decided about this energy park, there is still something to fight for.

It is the new council that will vote on a local plan for the energy park. If it is passed, a project developer will be appointed who will come up with a final plan for the placement of the energy park.

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