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These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They are the products of the organizations or individuals noted.
Detienen a una implicada en la 'trama eólica' de Canarias por amenazas al fiscal [Woman implicated in Canaries "wind plot" detained for threatening prosecutor]
LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA.- Mónica Quintana, empleada del Cabildo de Gran Canaria e imputada, como su novio, el ex director general de Industria del Gobierno canario Celso Perdomo, en la llamada ‘trama eólica’, ha sido detenido por la policía por supuestas amenazas al fiscal anticorrupción Luis del Río.
Mónica Perdomo por amenazas a fiscal anticorrupción de Caso Eólico La novia de Celso Perdomo La detención se produjo sobre las ocho de la mañana en la capital grancanaria y desde entonces, . . .
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Chaves dice que no se construirá un parque eólico marino en Trafalgar sin consenso [Chaves won't build offshore wind turbines without consensus]
Chaves ha manifestado que es cierto que Industria ha reservado esa zona como posible para la explotación de la energía eólica pero ha puntualizado que desde la Junta se ha alegado en contra con el propósito de “blindar la zona”.
El presidente de la Junta de Andalucía, Manuel Chaves, ha mantenido hoy el compromiso de que “no habrá parques eólicos marinos en la zona de Trafalgar mientras que no haya un consenso institucional y cívico”.
[Andalucía Council President Manuel Chaves has maintained . . .
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La Fundación Germán Estévez pide límites para las eólicas [Germán Estévez Foundation calls for limits on wind turbines]
La Fundación ecologista Germán Estévez ha reclamado a la Xunta que establezca un marco legal para la instalación de los nuevos parques eólicos y que se delimiten las zonas donde los aerogeneradores causen un menor daño ambiental.
En un comunicado, la asociación ecologista defiende que también los ayuntamientos participen para establecer un protocolo de actuación ante la instalación de 6.000 molinos y así “salvar los montes y las sierras gallegas”.
[In a communiqué, the environmental organization also argues that communities should participate . . .
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More wind power inland
The Ministry for the Environment of the Junta de Andalucia has given the green light for the construction of two wind power stations in Ardales.
The project consists of developing 30 wind power generators, 15 in Alamedilla (north of Sierra de Banos) and the other 15 in the area of Los Romerales (near the Cerro Redondo). The wind power stations in these two locations will generate a total of 30 megawatts of power each and will supply electricity to 2,000 homes. . . .
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Renomar mantendrá en funcionamiento los 43 aerogeneradores pese a la orden de cierre [Renomar keep 43 wind turbines in operation despite closure order]
[The order demanded the stoppage on May 30 because of high mortality of vultures.]
Renomar mantendrá activos los parques eólicos de Arrielo (Vilafranca) y Folch II (Castellfort), con 43 aerogeneradores, pese a la orden de cierre de Medio Ambiente, “hasta que haya una resolución firme”. La empresa promotora de los aerogeneradores asegura que mañana recurrirá la resolución porque “no se ajusta a Derecho ni a la realidad”. La orden exigió el día 30 de mayo la paralización de estos dos parques . . .
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Iberdrola and Gamesa in huge windfarm deal
The renewable energy subsidiary of ScottishPower owner Iberdrola yesterday said it was buying a raft of global windfarm projects from Spanish turbine maker and developer Gamesa for 65m (£51m), including three potential sites in Scotland.
The move is part of an overall 6.3bn alliance and turbine supply deal between Iberdrola Renovables and Gamesa, billed as the largest deal in the history of wind power.
Bilbao-based Iberdrola, which last year acquired ScottishPower for £11.6bn, said it will buy the Gamesa turbines to generate . . .
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Comment: wind farms will blight Spain's nature tourism hotspot
One of Spain’s last untouched landscapes, the Sierra de Gata in north-western Extremadura, may shortly be inundated with up to 91 wind farms.
Ecologists are increasingly concerned about the impact these “parques eólicos” may have on the varied wildlife of the region – and, not least, on its pristine landscapes. Currently, Extremadura is popular with nature tourists, particularly walkers and birdwatchers from all over Europe.
For centuries this region was so off the beaten track that many people in the Spanish cities . . .
Government bans wind farms in the waters of the Strait
Central Government has extended an off-shore exclusion area in the Strait of Gibraltar.
Central Government, acting on a request from the regional Junta de Andalucía, has ordered that there will be no new wind farms off the coast of Zahara or Barbate. A previous exclusion zone there has now been extended, prohibiting the windmills along the entire Strait of Gibraltar, from Algeciras to Trafalgar.
The Government published a study on off-shore wind farms last December, which indicated areas where auctions could take . . .
Controversy as projected windmill project comes a step nearer
Proposals for Spain’s first offshore wind farm have blown one step nearer.
A trio of industry giants — Acciona, Iberdrola and Capital Energy — have now unveiled their plans to harness the wind off the Costa de la Luz.
One of the projects — by Acciona — would involve putting 278 turbines in the sea 14 km off Trafalgar, generating a total of 1000 MW.
The windmills would include fish farms at the base.
The proposals have been the subject of bitter debate in . . .
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Spain wind power expansion faces technical hurdles
Spain’s ambitious plans to expand wind power as part of its renewable energy drive will bring environmental and economic benefits but faces technical problems, an industry expert said on Thursday.
Spain’s wind parks currently have an installed capacity of some 15,000 megawatts and the government wants to see 20,000 MW in place by 2010 and 30,000 MW by 2030.
Spain’s wind power manufacturers say they can expand capacity to 40,000 MW by 2020.
But national grid operator REE currently limits wind parks to . . .
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