Demonstration in Andalusia against a windfarm offshore the Bay of Cadiz - August 28, 2010

Dos mil personas piden en Chipiona que no se levante un parque eólico marino

Cerca de dos mil personas se manifestaron este sábado por las calles de Chipiona, en Cádiz, en contra del proyecto "Cruces del Mar", que pretende instalar un parque eólico marino.

29/08/2010 - Informativos CanalSur

El parque tendría más de un centenar de aerogeneradores frente a la costa, a unos ocho kilómetros mar adentro.

La Plataforma "Por un Horizonte Sin Molinos", que engloba a colectivos de Chipiona, Rota y Sanlúcar, cree que ese parque eólico perjudicará la pesca, la biodiversidad y el turismo.

Link: www.canalsur.es/portal_rtva/web/noticia/id/118090/portada/dos_mil_personas_piden_en_chipiona...

El recorrido completo de la manifestación

La duración del video es de 1 hora, donde podrás ver el recorrido completo de la manifestación y la lectura de manifiestos final, a pié del Faro de Chipiona, a cargo de Rafael Ruiz, portavoz de la Plataforma, y Julio Massip en nombre y representación de ACITUR.

Descargar el video:
www.chipionadigital.tv/files/manifestacion_molinos_no_28_ago_10.wmv

Loaiza: «El alcalde de Chipiona apoyó un proyecto que no quieren los ciudadanos»

Considera que es «como un pirómano al que le gusta ser bombero», por rechazar el parque eólico marino «del que se hizo socio»

31.08.10 - 00:21 - LA VOZ | CÁDIZ

Dos mil personas se manifestaron el sábado contra el proyecto. :: J. J. C.

El presidente provincial del PP de Cádiz, José Loaiza, acusó ayer al alcalde de Chipiona, Manuel García (PSOE) de ser «un incendiario», por hacerse socio del proyecto del parque eólico marino de Las Cruces del Mar, ante la Costa Noroeste, y luego oponerse a él al darse cuenta de que se trata de algo que «no quieren los ciudadanos de Chipiona».

«No sabe cómo salir del lío en el que se ha metido», espetaba ayer Loaiza en una rueda de prensa, al referirse a la manifestación celebrada el pasado sábado en Chipiona para oponerse a la instalación de este parque eólico, que reunió a más de dos mil personas y que fue convocada por la plataforma ciudadana 'Por un Horizonte sin Molinos'. El alcalde chipionero, sin embargo, se opuso a esta protesta en la calle, ya que la consideraba una manifestación política contra su equipo de Gobierno.

Ciertamente, la protesta contó con el apoyo de diversos partidos de la oposición, como Izquierda Unida y el Partido Popular, sin embargo, el presidente del PP en Cádiz quiso aclarar ayer que su partido sólo «pide consenso social» en torno al proyecto. Algo que, en su opinión, «está claro que no existe». En este sentido, Loaiza recordó ayer que la Diputación Provincial ya aprobó una moción que alude, precisamente, a la necesidad de consenso social para llevar a cabo esta actuación, defendida por asociaciones ecologistas, pero que tiene en contra a asociaciones de pescadores de la zona y otros colectivos ciudadanos.

« LAS REACCIONESJOSÉ LOAIZA PRESIDENTE DEL PP CÁDIZ "Manuel García no sabe cómo salir del lío en que se ha metido" "El Partido Popular sólo pide consenso social en torno al parque, algo que está claro que no existe" »

Del alcalde chipionero Loaiza ha dicho que le pasa «igual que a los pirómanos que luego les gusta ser bomberos», ya que primero planteó un debate, se metió a socio de una empresa «no sabemos por qué interés» y, además, para algo que «no quieren los chipioneros». Aparte, recuerda que el parque eólico no se limita a la costa de Chipiona, pues también serían visibles desde El Puerto o Cádiz y ha advertido que habrá que preguntar a los ciudadanos de la zona qué opinan al respecto.

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Link: www.lavozdigital.es/cadiz/v/20100831/ciudadanos/loaiza-alcalde-chipiona-apoyo-20100831.html

'Por un horizonte sin molinos' exige el posicionamiento de Chipiona sobre el parque offshore

30/08 · 09:44 · E. P.

La Plataforma Comarcal 'Por un Horizonte sin Molinos' se ha mostrado "satisfecha" tras la movilización que fue secundada por unas 2.000 personas este sábado y pidió al Ayuntamiento de Chipiona que exprese de forma "oficial su verdadera intención" sobre permitir o no la instalación del parque eólico marino proyectado por Las Cruces del Mar frente a la Costa Noroeste gaditana.

El portavoz de la plataforma, Rafael Ruiz, se mostró "muy satisfecho y contento" ante la "importante" respuesta de la ciudadanía mostrada no sólo en Chipiona, sino "en toda la comarca, con municipios como Rota o Sanlúcar de Barrameda", entre otros.

"Se ha vuelto a decir no a la instalación del parque frente a sus costas", sentenció Ruiz, quien manifestó que se trata de un problema que no sólo perjudicaba a los vecinos de Chipiona, sino al de los de los alrededores, así como a la pesca y biodiversidad de la zona.

Así, los miembros de esta plataforma se mostraron "muy contentos" ante la demostración de "libertad" realizada con la manifestación del pasado sábado. "Se trata de dar un paso adelante y ver que se pueden conseguir muchas cosas si estamos unidos a pesar de los traspiés que nos han puesto. Todos unidos diciendo basta ya y estamos hartos de que nos impongan", recalcó Ruiz.

Ruiz explicó que ahora lo necesario es que se comunique desde el Consistorio la "verdadera intención" sobre permitir o no la instalación eólica. "Queremos que se diga oficialmente en un pleno cual es su postura, porque ya ha cambiado de opinión en otras ocasiones", señaló.

"Si realmente el Ministerio de Industria dice que la zona no es la más adecuada, eso quiere decir que la plataforma llevaba razón desde un principio porque es imposible hacerlo en la zona por los condicionantes puestos por el Gobierno y las características de la zona", sentenció.

En este marco, anunció la continuidad de las acciones, como acudir al próximo pleno municipal de Sanlúcar a finales de agosto, donde se tratará el tema, o el inicio de una serie de charlas en Rota para informar a los distintos colectivos de la actual situación. "Seguiremos luchando por las renovables, pero hay renovables mucho menos agresivas", concluyó.

Link: www.andaluciainformacion.es/portada/?a=137607&i=19&f=0

Windfarms: protest demonstrations all over the world

April 22 - Demonstration in Copenhagen, Denmark
www.nationalttestcenter.dk/nyheder/english

April 28 - Demonstration in Toronto (Ontario), Canada
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April 30 - Anti-windfarm conference in Tokyo, Japan
Download the report: The Japanese Conference against Big Wind

May 15 - Demonstration in Berlin, Germany
Videos, photos and report

June 12 - Save the Border Hills Protest Walk at Duns (Scotland), UK
Photos | Flyer

21 June - Anti-windfarm Jamboree, to be held on the National Aboriginal Day at the Ranch Massif du Sud, Saint-Philémon (Quebec), Canada.   For more information...
Press release | Program

July 10 - Gather at the Gweebarra!
From 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on the Gweebarra Bridge (south west Donegal), Ireland
Gweebarra Conservation Group | Press release

August 11 - Demonstration at Puy Mary in Auvergne, France
Slideshow and newspaper article

August 28 - Demonstration in Andalusia, Spain, against a windfarm offshore the Bay of Cadiz
Press release | Grupo Ecologista C.A.N.S.

August 29 - Demonstration in South Sweden

Protest concert against windfarms at Knutstorp Castle (Svalöv) at 3 pm

Program | Map | Photo

September 14 - Demonstration in Warsaw, Poland
Video and more...

Svensk version

Dansk version

English version

In the forest threatened by wind turbines, Moa Olsson, 16 years old, protests with a poster showing the Edvard Munch's famous painting "The scream" with wind turbines and the text: "E.ON destroys our lives".

Assault on Sweden's nature and quality of life

Download this articleBy Peter Skeel Hjorth, journalist
August 13, 2010

Having applied for the permission to erect 10 gigantic wind turbines near the little town of Färingtofta in Northern Scania, the world’s second largest energy conglomerate has taken the first step in a process that will ultimately cause the destruction of much of what people like so much about Sweden: its quiet, undisturbed forests and rural landscapes.

The proportions in this model are stritctly correct. Färingtofta Church is 15-metre high and the trees are 25-metre high.
The giant machine is 180-metre high.

E.ON's machines, reaching 180 meters in the sky, will stand out well above the tree line, creating a visual pollution for many miles around and disturb the nearby habitations with noise, low frequency sounds, shadow flickers and flashing lights.

At Färingtofta E.ON seeks to put to test the legal noise limit, which in Sweden is 40 dBA for the nearest habitations. A concerned resident telephoned Henrik Malmberg, E.ON’s group manager for wind power planning in the Nordic countries. He was told: "we are fully aware that they will create disturbances. However, we want to test if the disturbances are within the legal limits."

To the very limit

In the local community, there is strong opposition to the project. E.ON is fully aware of this: Henrik Malmberg said so at the opening of an information meeting for affected residents in March 2010. It was made abundantly clear by the group manager that the only restrictions to be considered would be the legal ones. EON is a business, not a charitable organisation: to them, implanting 180-meter-high wind turbines only 700 meters from people’s homes is business as usual. In an e-mail, Mr Malmberg makes no bones about the fact that they will be seen and heard but refers to the present laws which say that disturbances at that distance are acceptable.

The wind power industry knows very well that wind turbines are noisy and disturbing. The New York Times reported a case in the US where the American company Caithness Energy offered 5,000 dollars to neighbours in the small town of Lone, Oregon, for renouncing their rights to complain or sue the company regarding nuisance caused by the wind turbines.

In the forest around Färingtofta, it is so quiet one can “hear the silence”. There are very few areas like this in Southern Sweden. The noise disturbance from the ten giant turbines is calculated to be 35-40 dBA spread over about 22 square kilometers. If planning approval is granted as submitted, the closest habitations will be at the very limit of the 40 dBA zone. In real life, however, they might be subject to sounds exceeding 40 dBA.

Trial of strength

E.ON wants to test and enlarge the limit of what is permissible under Swedish environmental laws, says a centrally placed source at the multinational, mainly German-owned company. According to the source it is of particular importance to force through the Färingtofta project because of the strong resistance from the local community.

If this strategy is successful, the company and the wind power industry will have a clear path to install windfarms close to habitations as well as in quiet natural and undisturbed landscapes in the rest of Sweden. The neighbours will have to pay the price, as they are doing in the rest of Europe.

Thus, the stage is set for a trial of strength between the world’s second largest energy company and the inhabitants of a small community. It is easy to imagine the outcome, especially as local politicians, who would have the right to veto the project, do not seem to be minded to do so.

E.ON is making a special effort to win this battle: the sheer volume of the application they submitted shows how important it is to the company. With its hundreds of pages, it is considerably more comprehensive than others. In the forests around Färingtofta, E.ON wants to break the sound barrier.

psh 13.8.2010

Protect Danish forests - NO to wind turbines!

August 6, 2010 - A demonstration against the planned national wind turbine testcenter was held in Denmark - in Hanstholm, Northern Jutland -, where the prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his political party have a summer meeting.

Lunatics in charge of the asylum: 1 million trees to be felled in Denmark for a wind turbine test center. The forest to be razed is the only one of significance in the country. Read more...

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"CON with the WIND" official trailer

CON with the WIND?

Wind turbines: angels or demons?

The new feature-length documentary directed by Nigel Spence

Con with the Wind is a passionate and inspirational look at the myths, facts and lies surrounding big business interests in the Wind Farm Goldrush.

Filmmaker and director Nigel Spence’s gripping documentary, shot in 15 countries over 3 years, exposes the truth and the real human, environmental and subsidy costs of wind turbines; a cost that the youth of today will be paying for the next 25 years.

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Newspaper poll in France: 61% say no to wind farms

21,406 people participated, of which 61.31% said OUI to stop the construction of wind farms in France.

March 28th, 2010 - quote from Le Figaro, a major newspaper:

Faut-il arrêter de construire des éoliennes en France ?

Le vote est clos. Vous êtes 21.406 à y avoir participé.

OUI : 61.31%          NON : 38.69%

Link: http://www.lefigaro.fr/environnement/2010/03/26/01029-20100326QCMWWW00596-faut-il-arreter...

“Wind Turbine Syndrome” book now available

Nina Pierpont, MD, PhD

Wind Turbine Syndrome

A Report on a Natural Experiment

(Santa Fe, NM: K-Selected Books, 2009)

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THE WIND FARM SCAM by Dr. John Etherington

The spectre of global warming and the political panic surrounding it has triggered a goldrush for renewable energy sources without an open discussion of the merits and drawbacks of each.

In The Wind Farm Scam Dr Etherington argues that in the case of wind power the latter far outweigh the former. Wind turbines cannot generate enough energy to reduce global CO2 levels to a meaningful degree; what’s more wind power is by nature intermittent and cannot generate a steady output, necessitating back-up coal and gas power plants that significantly negate the saving of greenhouse gas emissions.

In addition to the inefficacy of wind power there are ecological drawbacks, including damage to habitats, wildlife and the far-from-insignificant aesthetic drawback of the assault upon natural beauty and the pristine landscape, which wind turbines entail.

Dr Etherington argues that wind power has been, and is being, excessively financed at the cost of consumers who have not been consulted, nor informed that this effective subsidy is being paid from their bills to support an industry that cannot be cost efficient or, ultimately, favour the cause it purports to support.

John Etherington - THE AUTHOR: John Etherington was a Reader in Ecology at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Since his retirement from the University in 1990, he has devoted himself to researching the implications of intermittently available renewable electricity generation, in particular wind power. He is a Thomas Huxley Medallist at the Royal College of Science and a former co-editor of the International Journal of Ecology.

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