Wind turbines on the program of meetings in the prefectures of Deux-Sèvres and Vienne this Tuesday, September 20. This follows the government’s request in 2021 to establish a mapping of areas conducive to the development of wind power. Indicative cartography.
Will Deux-Sèvres and Vienne be affected by this card? The question is sensitive in the two departments which already represent half of the masts in the entire Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Deux-Sèvres, for example, has more than 180 wind turbines, 31% of the masts in the region.
There is saturation
Figures that lead Yves Attou mayor of Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc and president of the association of rural mayors of Deux-Sèvres to call for a halt to all new settlements in Deux-Sèvres. “Many mayors are not against the principle of wind turbines but note that in Deux-Sèvres there are far too many. Especially since we are on the list of the best students. So we think we have to stop . There is a saturation, a tension we feel it”.
We need a better distribution
Yves Attou gives as an example the dissatisfaction rural mayors when the prefecture gives the green light when the municipal councils have voted no to a project. “We need a better distribution at the national and regional level. There are departments where there are zero wind farms”insists the president of the association of rural mayors of Deux-Sèvres.
Among the arguments put forward, there is also the weakening the green tourism promotion policy of the Department. “There is a very questionable project for three wind turbines higher than the Montparnasse tower in Boussais but on the perimeter of the Gâtine-poitevine regional natural park project”, explains Yves Attou. The elected representative asks to favor other renewable energies such as photovoltaics or methanation.