“Probably my business, my way of life, will disappear.” The tourism sector is fighting the EU’s expansion of wind and solar power.
in many industrial processes that produces almost zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Some routes of the camino run so close to turbines that pilgrims say they can hear the whoosh they make spinning. Priscilla White, who runs an inn on one of the routes, said the turbines change the ambience of the pilgrimage. “Because we walk an ancient path, we like to think it looks the same way as it always looked, but you can’t do that anymore,” said Ms. White, vice chair of the Confraternity of St. James, a British organization that helps pilgrims.
“The massive number of projects has put at risk the way of life of a lot of people in the countryside,” Mr. de Abel Vilela said. He said the projects are happening too fast, without enough input from the public and environmental groups. “Two years ago, no one was in a hurry. Now it is completely crazy.”Daniel Rio
Ms. Martin and her husband, Antonio Cubas, were among the local residents who mobilized against it, holding a protest in front of the town hall. The Foz town council submitted objections to the Galician government saying the turbines would be too close to people’s houses and exceed noise limits. Tourism, a growing business in Foz, would suffer, they said.
More than 600 jobs and the economic vitality of the area were at risk. “We’ve all been worried because we all depend on it,” said Ana Maria Rolle, owner of a restaurant in San Ciprian. The public “understands that this renewable energy is supporting local industry,” said Antonio Fernández-Montells, chief financial officer of Greenalia. “We have more resources, cheaper energy, so we have more competitive industry.”for another 816 megawatts of wind capacity.
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