Meeting with Sta. Catarina Junta was disappointing. Many people turned up but only 1 plus an interpreter was allowed in (even the wind turbine project consultant was excluded!). Perhaps the most interesting point to come out of the meeting was that the President agreed that the selected route for the cables - route 3a - has a bigger population than the rejected route, contrary to that stated in the government report. It is not clear if and when a public meeting can be organised with experts in attendance, and if and when he can facilitate a meeting with Tavira Câmera.
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Mtgs with Wind Turbine Expert and Local Council
Meeting with wind turbine expert was very informative. Basically, they have followed all the rules and he believes this is the only suitable place to install turbines in Tavira district given the constraints he has to work with. The limiting factor in placing them near houses is noise - he reckons he could go as close as 100m with the existing legislation. He needs to be close to a power line running to the Tavira substation, up around 500m with a clear , uninterrupted sweep to the sea, preferebaly with "land contracts" in place, and without the presence of cork trees which are protected in law. The installation won't go-ahead a) if the wind measurements are not good enough (too light, too strong or too turbulent) or b) if REN stipulate he is too close to their planned HT lines. He said that if we can find him another mountain which meet the criteria he would be more than happy to consider it.
Meeting with Sta. Catarina Junta was disappointing. Many people turned up but only 1 plus an interpreter was allowed in (even the wind turbine project consultant was excluded!). Perhaps the most interesting point to come out of the meeting was that the President agreed that the selected route for the cables - route 3a - has a bigger population than the rejected route, contrary to that stated in the government report. It is not clear if and when a public meeting can be organised with experts in attendance, and if and when he can facilitate a meeting with Tavira Câmera.
Meeting with Sta. Catarina Junta was disappointing. Many people turned up but only 1 plus an interpreter was allowed in (even the wind turbine project consultant was excluded!). Perhaps the most interesting point to come out of the meeting was that the President agreed that the selected route for the cables - route 3a - has a bigger population than the rejected route, contrary to that stated in the government report. It is not clear if and when a public meeting can be organised with experts in attendance, and if and when he can facilitate a meeting with Tavira Câmera.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment