Credit:  Denmark's government has suggested financial compensation to local communities in areas where green energy is produced. | Ritzau/The Local | Published: 28 July 2022 | www.thelocal.dk ~~

Onshore wind turbines and solar panel farms are often opposed by people who live near their proposed locations, sometimes resulting in debate and campaigns against the projects.

The government is now prepared to address local concerns with specific measures aimed at recompensing neighbours to green energy production sites, newspaper Jyllands-Posten reports.

Minister for Housing and the Interior, Christian Rabjerg Madsen, told the newspaper that monetary compensation would be offered to persons who live in areas earmarked for wind and sun energy farms.

"We have, on several occasions, agreed between the [minority] government and parliamentary partners to increase the bonus for living close to sustainable energy facilities," Madsen said.

"At the same time, we will use the planning laws to create higher grades of freedom and more [legal] framework," he said.