"Are you for or against any wind power project on the territory of the commune of Yèvres?"
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To this question asked on Sunday during a local referendum, the Yévrois answered unambiguously: 90.36% no.
“I don't consider this result a victory.
We just wanted to know what the inhabitants thought of the two wind turbine projects underway in our town.
We have the answer: they don't want it, ”comments Bruno Perry, mayor (without label) of this town of 1,650 inhabitants north of Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir).
The prefecture of Eure-et-Loir, which leads the general states of the ecological transition, does not wish to comment on this vote which is only advisory.
The projects are not abandoned, the procedure is ongoing, the prefecture reacts in substance.
Solar projects
"President Emmanuel Macron has just recalled that from next February, the opinions of the municipalities would be taken into account in the authorizations", notes Bruno Perry, who is preparing to meet the prefect Françoise Souliman on Thursday evening when he comes to Châteaudun for these States General dedicated to renewable energy projects in the region.
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In Yèvres, and in the neighboring towns of Brou and Dangeau, VSB and Energy Team plan to deploy two farms with 6 wind turbines, 200 m high.
Visual pollution, downgrading of houses, uncertainties about the real effect of wind energy, the motives of the opponents are well known.
“Since the radar at the Châteaudun air base has been deactivated, our territory has become a favorable area.
About forty possible sites have been identified.
While right next door, the Perche natural park is not a favorable area.
We risk seeing inhabitants leaving our municipalities to settle a few kilometers away, ”worries the mayor, who advocates the development of solar energy on his territory.