Natur- og Klimaudvalget on 30 September 2026

On Wednesday, Natur- og Klimaudvalget considers SF’s demand for at least 50 pct. citizen ownership in onshore wind

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On Wednesday, 30 September 2026, Natur- og Klimaudvalget will consider Teknik og Miljø’s recommendation that the byråd (city council) take note of a legal review and instead incorporate co-ownership ambitions into the revision of ’Politik for aktivt ejerskab’ and Kredsløb’s ownership strategy.

Document date: 30. september 2026
Section: Committees
Status: Beta
Source: Aarhus Kommune meeting documents — Natur- og Klimaudvalget on 30 September 2026 · item 2 (agenda + signed transcript + recommendation + proposal + note) ↗

Summary

What this means for you

If the udvalg (committee) adopts the recommendation, it goes on to the byråd. This is not about a specific wind turbine project right now. It is about how Aarhus Kommune might create a framework for Aarhus residents to buy into green energy — especially through the utility company Kredsløb — rather than the municipality acting as developer itself.

Background

SF Aarhus, with proposers Mette Bjerre, Thomas Medom, Nanna Lippert Troelsen, Albert Rosenkrantz Conradsen and Liv Gro Jensen (spokesperson), has proposed that the municipality explore acting as developer of an onshore wind project, bearing the start-up risk and then transferring at least 50 pct. of ownership to citizens — with a proximity principle, sale at cost price and models for broad access.

The byråd on 20 May 2026 asked Teknik og Miljø for an initial review. In the recommendation of 3 July 2026, the administration assesses that it is not immediately possible for Aarhus Kommune to act as developer and owner of wind turbine projects. Experience from Morsø Kommune points to independent companies, and Kredsløb is assessed as the most obvious model. The main limitation remains access to suitable land.

The magistrat (municipal executive) recommended on 18 August 2026 that the byråd adopt the recommendation; Socialistisk Folkeparti and Liberal Alliance entered reservations. The byråd referred the case to Natur- og Klimaudvalget on 26 August, which on 16 September postponed consideration until the next meeting.

Figures and facts

SF proposes that at least 50 pct. of a completed facility can be offered as shares to citizens in Aarhus Kommune (Annex 1: Motion SF 03.05.2026).
According to the proposal, the results of the investigations SF wants should be submitted to the byråd no later than three months from now and before the budget negotiations (Annex 1: Motion SF 03.05.2026).
Teknik og Miljø assesses that Aarhus Kommune, under section 4 of the Electricity Supply Act, cannot act as project developer and owner directly as a municipality (Recommendation).
Investments in Kredsløb above DKK 500 million must be submitted to Aarhus Byråd (Recommendation).
The magistrat launched a revision of ’Politik for aktivt ejerskab’, including Kredsløb’s ownership strategy, on 13 January 2026 (Recommendation).
The Budget Agreement 2027–2030 of 17 September 2026 includes a subsection on citizen co-ownership of the green transition (Note MTM 22.09.2026).

Who said what

Rådmand (alderman) Nicolaj Bang (KF) called the legal review sensible in the byråd on 20 May, but did not recommend backing the SF proposal in full, because specific instructions to Teknik og Miljø were, in his view, premature before the analysis was done (City council debate 20.05.2026).

Kristian Sommer (S) backed committee consideration on 26 August and asked for an update on Kredsløb’s work on renewable energy and the company’s financial room to deploy more renewable energy (City council debate 26.08.2026).

At the magistrat’s consideration on 18 August, Socialistisk Folkeparti and Liberal Alliance entered reservations about the recommendation to adopt the recommendation.

What happens next

Natur- og Klimaudvalget discusses the recommendation on Wednesday. The udvalg has previously asked for more concrete courses of action. If the udvalg adopts it, the recommendation is sent to the byråd for approval.

Sources

Other annexes

Annex — Note MTM 08.09.2026

Transcript

Transcript of the council debate with speakers named, from the official signed record.

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