Universidade de Vigo
Like many Galician villages, Antas, in the municipality of A Lama, was once a thriving agricultural and rural area. For decades, a cattle farm flourished here, producing both meat and milk. Trucks would regularly arrive to collect the milk, which came from cows raised in vast, traditional pastures, following the time-honored methods passed down through
The Observatorio Eólico de Galicia (Galician Wind Power Observatory, hereinafter GWO) recently participated in an informative discussion on the economic aspects of the construction of the Monte de la Croa wind farm in Vimianzo. This event, organized by the Plataforma Vendaval Costa da Morte (Costa da Morte Windstorm Platform) in collaboration with the local government
In the area of Ortegal, recent history has seen the development of a strong agricultural cooperative tradition. Examples of it are the Cooperativa a Devesana or the Cooperativa Agrortegal, two collective-action organizations created out of the strength of the local population and its belief in land-based agriculture and livestock farming as the main economic activity
The Santuario wind farm, currently undergoing administrative authorization by the Spanish government, allegedly has a design that contradicts the law regulating energy exploitation in Galicia. The project is promoted by the Italian multinational ENEL, formerly the Spanish public company Endesa. Xermade already has involvement in three wind farms: Caballeira, Goia Peñote, and Sotavento, totaling almost
In our advisory work in Agolada, a unique situation unfolded as the GWO engaged with rural communities to share information about wind farms. Residents were acutely aware of a clash between two territorial models in Agolada: one championing renewable energy, and the other representing agricultural and livestock wealth. The first model includes the Portodemouros reservoir,