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Open the deadline for allegations against offshore wind in Tirajana

Open the deadline for allegations against offshore wind in Tirajana

Yurena Vega Saturday, April 08, 2023

The General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has opened the period for allegations against the installation of offshore wind on the coast of Tirajana and which would have towers of up to 103 meters in the sea. The fictitious investment planned, because it has no impact on the local economy except for municipal taxes, is 16,4 million euros.

This is the "Mar de Canarias Wind Farm" promoted by the Spanish engineering company Esdras Automática. The firm's objective is to place 10 MW, and its evacuation infrastructure and connection to the electrical grid with two wind turbines of 5 MW of unitary power and an approximate hub height of 93/103 m, and 120/176 meters in diameter. rotor located in the territorial sea of ​​the Canary Islands.

Land owners and entities that want to stop this plan must address allegations to the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council. Among those affected is the Tinojai Real Estate Group, jointly managed by Alejandro del Castillo y Bravo de Laguna and Pedro del Castillo y Bravo de Laguna, Desarrollos Eólicos de Canarias, SA, and the public operator Pegasa.

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