The Côtes-d'Armor fisheries committee lodged a complaint against the project to build the wind farm in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, for which the site entrusted to the company Ailes Marines began in May, for pollution and damage to the environment. , his lawyers announced on Friday.
The criminal complaint, "
the first to relate to the entire project
" according to a press release from Messrs. William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth, was filed Thursday against X before the Brest public prosecutor against the park construction project.
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The committee lodged complaints on the charges of "
discharge of polluting substances, harm to the conservation of non-domestic animal species and natural habitats and discharge into the sea of substances or organisms harmful to the conservation of marine species
".
In their arguments, the lawyers denounce the lack of prior consultation of environmental protection associations, the incomplete impact studies as well as a lack of monitoring of any nuisances since the start of the work, especially on birds. sailors, accusing Ailes Marines of "
destroying, altering and degrading biodiversity
".
"
The bay of Saint-Brieuc must be preserved (...) because the southern part of the bay has been a classified national nature reserve since 1998, and because it is adjacent to the Natura 2000 park of Cap d'Erquy-Cap Fréhel
", they plead.
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The Fisheries Committee "
highlights a logic of minimizing the consequences on marine flora and fauna likely to weaken their preservation but also the related activities
", add the lawyers, deploring "
that economic considerations have prevailed over issues relating to respect for the environment
”.
In a letter addressed to the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic, they also demand the immobilization of the Aeolus, a drilling vessel responsible for two hydraulic fluid pollution on June 14 and July 28 and which was authorized according to them on August 18. to resume the drilling of the piles.
Following the first leak, the vessel returned to its home port in the Netherlands for work.
An investigation was opened by the Brest prosecutor's office.
The wind farm of the bay of Saint-Brieuc, which arouses strong opposition from coastal fishermen, must be erected 16.3 kilometers from the coast. With a total capacity of 496 MW, with 62 wind turbines, it is supposed to produce 1,820 GWh per year, the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 835,000 inhabitants, according to Ailes Marines, a subsidiary of the Spanish group Iberdrola. Its commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2023 but the site is behind schedule.
