Worms City Council rejects RENOLIT wind farm plans
Board member Torsten Maschke criticizes lack of courage / RENOLIT continues to focus on dialogue and sustainable solutions
Worms, November 5, 2025 – In a public meeting on November 4, the Worms City Council rejected plastic processor RENOLIT's plans for a wind farm. This means that the project cannot be implemented in its current form on the planned location near the A61 highway and the B47 federal road. Following an amendment, the city council decided to limit the plans to one wind turbine east of the A61 highway and to identify another potential area in the south of the Worms district of Wiesoppenheim.
“Unfortunately, the new proposal is neither reasonable nor economical for RENOLIT,” explains Torsten Maschke, member of the Executive Board of RENOLIT SE. “We respect the democratic decision. However, from our point of view, it is a disappointment for RENOLIT and the industrial policy interests of the city of Worms. Discussions have been ongoing for over a year. We have always shown ourselves to be willing to compromise and have responded to proposals from the city of Worms and the neighboring districts. The lack of bold decisions at the federal level to support industry and significantly improve the framework conditions is unfortunately continuing in Worms' local politics. It is a missed opportunity for the city to make a clear commitment to decarbonization, green transformation, and increasing the necessary competitiveness of local industry."
RENOLIT initially planned to install five wind turbines with an annual production of around 60 gigawatt hours, but after discussions with the city of Worms, this was reduced to four. The city of Worms had proposed these areas as potentially suitable locations within a radius of five kilometers. Wind energy would have made a significant contribution to regional CO₂ reduction and to achieving the climate targets of RENOLIT and thus also of the city of Worms.
“We would like to once again express our gratitude for the constructive exchange with the local authorities concerned in the weeks leading up to the city council meeting. We will now continue to examine whether the wind farm can still be implemented,” explains Torsten Maschke, member of the Executive Board of RENOLIT SE.
“RENOLIT will continue to pursue its climate targets and keep all options open in order to realize the project after all and thus maintain access to competitive electricity costs,” adds Dr. Michael Bätz, Managing Director of RENOLIT SE Worms.
“RENOLIT will continue to pursue its climate targets and keep all options open in order to realize the project after all and thus maintain access to competitive electricity costs,” adds Dr. Michael Bätz, Managing Director of RENOLIT SE Worms.
The company
The RENOLIT Group is a globally active specialist for high-quality plastic films, sheets and other polymer solutions. With more than thirty production sites and sales units in over twenty countries, and with annual sales of EUR 1.196 billion in fiscal year 2024, the company with headquarters in Worms – around 70 km south of Frankfurt-am-Main – is one of the world’s leading plastic products manufacturers. Around 5,000 employees continue to further develop the knowledge and expertise gained from seventy-five years of business.
