Renewables Revolt In Sardinia, Italy's Coal-fired Island
Muhammad Irfan Published October 11, 2024 | 10:30 AM
Cagliari, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Oct, 2024) The bolts securing the towering wind turbine were unscrewed under cover of darkness, an act of sabotage symbolizing a vehement pushback against renewable energy in Sardinia.
Long summers and strong winds make the Italian island a prime location for wind and solar power, but intense investor interest has spooked locals who say Sardinia is being exploited.
The loosened bolts were discovered before the turbine on the edge of the village of Mamoiada toppled over, but it was one of several plants vandalized this year as regional authorities drew up rules determining where clean energy structures can be built.
"There's been a visceral rejection of renewables. The situation is really heated, the vandalism an attempt to intimidate policymakers," said Marta Battaglia, head of environmental group Legambiente in Sardinia.
"People say renewables scare us... and they ruin the landscape, and therefore we will lose our identity," she said.
There has been similar resistance to renewables in other European countries, like Britain and France.
"But (in Sardinia) the landscape is already being changed by climate change," Battaglia said.
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