Mark Duchamp writes in with this news from the Lerida, Autonomous Community (state) of Catalonia, Spain:
A judge ordered the removal of 45 wind turbines on the grounds that planning laws were violated. There was no “general municipal plan” establishing a “reserva del suelo” – i.e. the land was not legally declared appropriate for the erection of wind turbines.
Spanish Version:
English Version:
According to another article going back to January 22nd, Spanish architects from the Autonomous Community (state) of Cantabria complained that windfarms will make it impossible to have the southern valleys declared World Heritage Area, despite the many romanesque churches and buildings making them worthy of that designation.
http://www.amigosdelromanico.org/noticia/id_10032.html
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Laughing so hard it hurts!
That’s a blow!
…..’Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.’
http://fenbeagleblog.wordpress.com/
Llieda, as I know it, has touched my heart to be tearing down these things. They seem to be sprouting up everywhere in Spain at the moment. Solar panels are also being installed with gusto, and with the odd diesel generator so as to produce power at night and claim extra subsidy.
Yusssss!!!
NIMBY. What happens when emission-reduction zealots start pulling strings? Or better yet, if bureaucracies are already stumped by what constitutes a World Windbag Site, will this result in vista-trading and the Aesthetic Forcings on Climate? Perhaps Cap and Tirade will become fashionable. Sit back and enjoy!
Yay for Spain.
At least they’re hitting a GOOD pollution reduction target by removing these unsightly birdshredders from the landscape!
Wonderful! The judges’ pronouncement (in translation) was poetry to me!
During a quick Googling for more info, I found mention of a judge-ordered dismantling, but while the area is the same (far as I can tell) the number of turbines and the company is different from that mentioned in the Google-translated article. Is the mention I found about another wind farm being ordered dismantled?
I presume they will dig up the monsterous concrete blocks these wind mills are embedded in.
Nah, didn’t think so.
Where are the REAL enviromentalists when you need them?
^+1 for two turns of phrase.
#1. “the erection of wind turbines”
#2. “Aesthetic Forcings”
Most apt and witty.
This will have the watermelons exploding. Serious.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13421374
Oh dear. What a pity. How sad.
Don Quixote rides again, with a bit more success this time 🙂
Gotta love this – A Spanish wind farm is to be dismantled because it does not have planning permission!
Watermelons use every legal planning, environmental impact and resource management loophole to delay, derail or shut down hydroelectric, thermal and nuclear power projects. This shows that the same weapons can succeed against wind power.
So we just have to sit back and watch the extreme ecologists tear each other to shreds, then. No mention of Big Oil or Koch or any other of the usual Evil Doers here. Just a couple of pressure groups with different ideas of how to Save the World from Human Beings.
The irony here is that modern day Don Quixote-like idealists, out of touch with reality and out to save the world from itself, are the ones building the windmills.
If they insist on building these tax-payer subsidised bat battering bird bisecting monstrosities, then they should do it where we dont have to look at them. And Scotland dosent count because its also a tourist destination. It would be interesting to find out the cost of de-commissioning which no doubt has not been accounted for when working out the true cost of wind generated electricity.
Investing in wind is getting more and more dodgy: the public mood is swinging against it, the scientific basis of global warming is worthless and more and more contrary evidence keeps pouring in and now the courts are on our side.
You’ve got to admire the politicians for being so brave to stand by their beliefs in the face of growing public hostility? (sarc off)
Good start, but faster please because there are so many more to remove.
My understanding of chaos theory is that a butterfly in Sydney can cause a tornado in New york – I suggest wind turbines can do a lot more damage than that. Thank goodness the vicissitudes of Spanish law it may have saved very many such events somewhere on this benighted planet.
The judge has made a good decree
to break up windy mills:
the turbines have no right to be,
and brought too many ills,
would lead to civic misery,
and uglify the hills.
“Tolerance of this action may
lead unacceptably
towards a malefaction, a
wrongful fait accompli
whereby, without regulations
whatsoever (I guess)
or licence, authorizations
implement, more or less,
general systems such as this
with impact of great shape,
but are the poor antithesis
befitting this landscape.”
Google translations, you’ll agree,
can sometimes lead astray
and there is little poetry
for Alexander K;
these words have minuscule beauty—
it’s what they all convey.
There is a modern day Don Quixote!!!!!
Meanwhile, Wind produced 24,796 Megawatt hrs of electricity in California, yesterday.
http://www.caiso.com/green/renewrpt/20110517_DailyRenewablesWatch.pdf
NO Meltdowns were reported.
Huge areas of Spain, that used to be very attractive with mountains and historic hilltop towns, have been ruined by rows of windmills along the ridges, spoiling the views in all directions. The picture at the top is typical, not exceptional.