The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

In Batz-sur-Mer, breathtaking view of eighty wind turbines

2022-09-02T17:34:15.071Z


STORY - The offshore park makes people cringe. Three municipalities are asking for the recalculation of the compensation paid by the State.


In Batz-sur-Mer

From Pornichet to Le Croisic, it looks like the hit of the summer.

“What do we see these wind turbines!

we hear everywhere.

“What bothers us is the aesthetic side, it spoils the landscape.

It's not pretty.

They could have put them further away

,” complains Emmanuelle, who is camping for the first time on the Guérande peninsula.

Overlooking the Saint-Michel port in Batz-sur-Mer, framed by yellow huts, two amateur fishermen look at the horizon, dotted with dozens of masts 185 meters high.

"We almost prefer when it's foggy now!

We look elsewhere from the beach, just to not see them”

, prefers to laugh Roger, a septuagenarian.

His friend, Claude, speaks of

"a necessary ecological evil"

.

He tries to put things into perspective:

"I imagine we reacted the same way when the first electric poles arrived."

The first French offshore wind farm has been in the works for


a year, 15 kilometers off this wild coast, dotted with coves and beaches...

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 71% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Subscription without commitment

€0.99 THE FIRST MONTH

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2022-09-02

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.