The rants and the demonstrations against the overflow of wind turbines in Eure-et-Loir, it's over, wants to believe the prefect Françoise Souliman, who opens Monday the first departmental committee for renewable energies (CDER), an approach unprecedented in France.
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“Projects signed on the corner of the table between an elected official, a farmer and a promoter are no longer valid.
We are adopting a more transparent approach, ”says the representative of the State in this department which has 255 machines, and around sixty others authorized.
For future wind turbine projects, "we are going to work more finely", announces the representative of the State, who led a negotiation with local elected officials, promoters of renewable energies, and finally associations of residents and defense of the environment since October 2021.
The voice of Stéphane Bern
This move was intended to ease tensions, and it was welcomed.
Mezzo vocce, the wind promoters consider however that this CDER adds an administrative layer to the development of their files.
But the prefect had to face a rebellion: the new wind turbines in the project succeeded in bringing together a dozen associations united within the Stop Eolien 28 collective. for example working on the repowering
[modernization]
of existing masts.
Here, we have a lot of masts and a modest production.
Perhaps we should consider fewer masts and more production?
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Still, the first CDER of Eure-et-Loir will examine a methanizer project.
And among the criteria that will be taken into account for the examination of the projects: “the issue of transport on the roads for example, says Françoise Souliman.
A biomass plant that would bring its raw materials from afar will not pass.
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In addition to the local and national administrations concerned, associations and professionals, this CDER includes two parliamentarians, MP Philippe Vigier (MoDem) and Senator Daniel Guéret (LR), as well as two qualified personalities, a supporter of wind turbines, Jean-Louis Baudron, former mayor of Janville, and heritage defender, TV host Stéphane Bern.
