The 2.5-fold increase in wind power generation capacity by 2028 is taking shape in the French countryside.
Until then preserved, the Charente is experiencing a flood of projects in this area.
In the north of this rural department, far from the Cognac vines, more than a hundred poles must be installed.
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Within a radius of 20 kilometers around the town of Hiesse, no less than 110 wind turbines must be erected
, indignantly Alain Van Kote, representative of the Pressac environment collective.
We are very worried about the repercussions of the installation of all these wind turbines on the balance of our ecosystem.
This area of poor land was very well preserved, there are still hedges and remarkable monuments that attract tourists, ”
adds the head of this association which brings together around a hundred opponents of the green energy production system.
Among the issues in dispute is the lack of exemption requests for protected species.
Alain Van Kote, representative of the Pressac environment collective
Authorized on March 4, 2019 by the public authorities, the project is suspended because it is the subject of
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