Universidade de Vigo
Over recent weeks, Enel Green Power Spain together with Iberdrola, Naturgy, EDP and Greenalia have all led the rush for large wind farms in Galicia. Specifically, Enel Green Power Spain has in process, among others, the 611 MW Western Coruña macro wind farm with 128 wind turbines, 122 kilometers of high voltage line (HVL), 446
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
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,
At present, wind farms are forbidden within Natura Network areas. Yet this has not always been the case. Until Decree 243/2007 was issued, it was possible to place wind turbines, substations, cable conducting trenches or wind turbine access tracks in Natura Network areas because the Galician Wind Sector Plan (GWSP) established that any rustic area