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Galicia blocked 64 eólicos projects judicially. Now the Supreme Court has returned them to life

In these last 15 years, wind energy in Galicia He has faced multitude of legal problems due to great social opposition. In fact, the Superior Court of Xustia de Galicia (TSXG) has suspended in repeated different occasions wind projects for environmental risk complaints. Finally, these conflicts have reached the Supreme Court, sitting a precedent in Spain.

The sentence. The Supreme Court He has validated The environmental processing of the Xunta de Galicia, reactivating the 64 judicially blocked projects. The sentence has also reinforced the legality of administrative agreements, such as the Campelo wind farm in A Coruña. Also, how The confidential has had accessthe TS has rejected the idea that several wind farms that share infrastructure should be considered as a single project, thus simplifying the environmental evaluation.

The origin. The conflict began by The expansion of wind farms that exceeded 200 meters high. According to the countryneighborhood and environmental groups argued that some of these parks were in sensitive areas and did not meet environmental guarantees. All this leads to the judicial situation to be further complicated by the lack of a final resolution, with more than 130 pending lawsuits until the end of 2024.

A precedent. According to El Confidencial, The Superior Court of Xustiza de Galicia had asked to wait for the Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE) to rule on an issue raised by the Ecological Association Adega. However, the Supreme Court rejected it. In addition, the Xunta de Galicia has clarified that the TSXG is the only one in Spain that has questioned the compatibility of the Law 21/2013 With European regulations.

This issue could affect not only projects in Galicia, but also those of other autonomous communities that need an environmental evaluation. The Minister of Economy of Galicia, María Jesús Lorenzana, celebrated that the Supreme Court has validated processing Of wind projects, highlighting that the more wind energy occurs, cheaper could be the price of electricity.

The impact. All this conflict is not an isolated case, but reflects a broader problem related to energy inequality in Spain. The precedent that the TS feels has guaranteed the continuity of wind projects in the community, but the opposition will continue to exist. Therefore, to move towards a sustainable energy transition, it will be necessary to balance the interests of the economy, the environment and local communities.

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