Some of the parks wind either photovoltaic that various companies have asked to install in Catalonia have heated up the cheers of neighbors and ecologists, who have demonstrated against these projects. They criticize that you are power plants are intended to be located in the natural environment and they propose that places be used artificial either anthropized.
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In many of the affected municipalities, some parties They are not enthusiastic either. before these parks that change the landscape and that can cause disturbances due to noise. In the municipal elections of 28-MIn general terms, the citizens gave party support that They’re not here (at least explicitly) in favor of this type of project.
The curious thing about the case is that matches who are in favor of the model of renewable to regional scalesuch as CKD, they don’t always make it to municipal scale, or if. It depends on each case. In each municipality, the parties are free to stand for or against depending on local circumstances, without being subject to party arguments.
Albera Natural Park
The Galatea wind farm project has already received authorization from the Generalitat. But there are still a few phases left for wind turbines to become a reality in the interior of the Alt Empordà. The platform Albera Lliure de Molins (Allimo) He assures that almost all the parties that have obtained representation in the affected towns are against the wind farm.
The mayors of the Jonquera (Together), Rabos (Together), Cantallops (CKD) either capmany (together) positioned themselves against the project before 28-M, in many cases through appeals or motions in municipal plenary sessions. All have repeated victory defending the same hard line against the Galatea wind farm. This position is shared by the majority of opposition parties.
From allimo they affirm that they are not against renewables. “We simply consider that they should be installed in degraded places and not in natural spaces,” he says Carlos Mestre.
PSC, ERC and Junts do not adopt a single position at the municipal level on wind and photovoltaic projects
In it Golf de Roses there is still no clear project on a floating offshore wind farm. However, the ministry has given green light to be built in the future. Although the meeting has not yet been called public contest -in reality not even the bases have been published-, the idea of a wind farm on the waters of the Costa Brava has raised reluctance in the Emporda. Several neighbors have opposed the proposal, however incipient it may be, under the platform Stop the Macro Offshore Wind Farm of the North Costa Brava.
In these municipalities, in general terms, the citizens of the affected municipalities have voted for parties that are not in favor of installing wind turbines over the sea. From the platform they interpret it as a warning call to the rulers to change the way they plan the energy transition. In Torroella de Montgrí the UPM candidate has won; in Begur, the candidate for Semper per Begur; in pals, the Junts per Pals candidate has achieved an absolute majority; in cadaques the candidate of Fem Cadaqués has won and in Castello de Empuries the ERC candidate, who also positioned herself against. Whereas in Roses, ERC has won, which had not clearly positioned itself against it, but the PSC candidate will govern with the support of Junts, two parties that have openly expressed their rejection of the project.
The parties act with freedom of action in each municipality and do not follow a joint line
In it Anoia and the segarra Some large wind farms are being considered that affect municipalities such as Calonge de Sagarra, Castellfollit de Riubregós, Sant Martí de Sesgueioles, calaf, Prats de Rei, neighbor, ciboriums either Blond. Some, like Rubió (which already has a large wind farm), are in favor of the installation of these projects. Here, ERC repeated victory on 28-M with an absolute majority. In Sant Pere de Sallavinera, where there will be significant financial compensation, there is a similar situation, of general support from the parties for the project. Here, ERC has won to the detriment of Junts.
Whereas in calafin neighbor and ciboriums Junts has won, which is positioned against the projects and agrees with the entity Salvem Les Viudes, which demands transparency. “We demand to know the details of the negotiations between the companies and the owners. It is of no use to us that citizens are offered to participate financially,” says spokesman Enric Sibina. In other towns, the new mayors are neither clearly in favor nor against.