2025
Germany
Amprion’s Landowner and Stakeholder Engagement Conversations offer early, one-on-one meetings with landowners affected by grid expansion. Using satellite imagery to discuss tower placement, participants can share feedback that may influence final planning. This confidential dialogue, before formal negotiations, helps identify issues, improve transparency, and reduce potential legal disputes. The approach strengthens trust, respects property rights, and accelerates approval by engaging those most directly impacted early in the planning process.
Highlights
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Over 100 individual meetings held for the Hanekenfähr–Gronau project in 2025.
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Landowners viewed and discussed tower placement using satellite imagery.
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Early engagement reduced conflict risk and improved project acceptance.
Main Information
Amprion’s Landowner and Stakeholder Engagement Conversations provide affected property owners with the opportunity to discuss grid planning directly, early, and confidentially. Before formal negotiations, Amprion invites landowners and leaseholders to individual 20-minute meetings near their properties to review transmission tower positions using satellite imagery. This early dialogue allows suggestions to be documented in writing, assessed for feasibility, and, where possible, integrated into final plans.
The meetings are held with experts from several Amprion departments, ensuring that technical, legal, and environmental questions can be answered immediately. The approach was first applied to the Hanekenfähr–Gronau (HanGro) grid project in 2025. By giving landowners a platform to express concerns and share local knowledge, the practice reduces misunderstandings and fosters trust long before official procedures begin.
The format marks a clear improvement over traditional public fairs by allowing focused, respectful, and individual conversations. Feedback from participants was highly positive, including from those critical of grid expansion, who valued being heard and informed early. The concept is transferable to other grid projects that involve private land. By reducing potential conflicts and increasing acceptance, it contributes to faster planning and approval of urgently needed transmission infrastructure.
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