Universidade de Vigo
In recent weeks we have witnessed a continuous drip of new administrative procedures for wind farms. Along with those for which the Xunta de Galicia has exclusive competence in terms of their authorization (those with less than 50 MW), several wind farms have been presented to the Spanish government for authorization and environmental assessment. In
It has been two months since several thousand people from many parts of Galicia gathered in Santiago de Compostela on International Environment Day. On that date, 5 June, they decided to come together to call for a new energy model, a new energy transition. It may seem paradoxical, right? People who call themselves environmentalists shouting
Wind energy has a significant economic, social and environmental impact on the territories in which it is based. We all trust in the need to change the current fossil-predominant energy system to a renewable world, yet it is crucial to consider the social, economic and environmental effects of electricity production and distribution infrastructures through wind
Different social, economic and political actors in Galicia have been calling for a differentiated electricity tariff for some time. Its justification revolves around different matters like its specific supply in terms of the distance between production and consumption centers; the configuration of distribution networks; compensation for production surpluses; or environmental externalities, among others. The Observatory
Once again the Galician Wind Observatory discovers that the rural environment is left out of a fair ecological transition process in which it plays a relevant role. By contrary, companies outside the rural environment that develop these wind turbines locate these infrastructures in territories with great wind potential, transform landscapes, and carry out succulent businesses,