The Basque Government denies environmental authorization to wind farms El Haya 1 and 2 in Balmaseda
The Basque Government has again denied environmental authorisation to two other wind farms because they would put a bird, a alimoche, at risk. The wind farms El Haya 1 and 2 in Balmaseda (Bizkaia) have this time been the ones that have been ruled against because, according to the report, the area is a shelter for alimoche.
In Balmaseda, near Kolitza, Side Recovery Systems is planning to install four wind turbines in El Haya 1 and 2, but the reason why the bird has refused environmental authorization for the projects is because, according to the report, the area is a vulture shelter.
Balmaseda City Council has welcomed the resolution, with 33 allegations .
The project aims to launch two wind farms, El Haya 1 and El Haya 2, with a total power of 14.6 megawatts, and associated infrastructure, all in the municipality of Balmaseda.
The El Haya 1 wind farm has two 4.35 megawatts of power, while El Haya 2 has two more 2.95 megawatts of power, which would be located west of Balmaseda, bordering the province of Burgos.
Last year, the six-wind turbine park that Blackstone was planning to build very close to that area had already been rejected because of the presence of alimoche, and the negative reports received in January and this week by the Itsaraz and Piaspe projects of the Statkraft company were also supported by the alimoche.
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