The protest against the new wind turbines in the upper Trexenta area is spreading, and alongside the mobilization of municipalities, civil society is also taking action. A group of citizens from Gesico has launched a petition on the Change.org platform titled "Stop the new wind turbines in Ruina Fielli, in the Gesico and Mandas area," with the aim of gathering as many signatures as possible and raising concerns about the project's impact on the area with the authorities.
The initiative is therefore grassroots and complements the position already taken by municipal administrations. The mayor of Mandas, Umberto Oppus, is engaging his colleagues from the Trexenta municipalities in the battle against the plant, while the mayor of Gesico, Terenzio Schirru, has reiterated the need to protect the local archaeological and landscape heritage. Now, residents are organizing themselves, demanding a halt to what they consider an intervention incompatible with the characteristics of an area where agriculture, archaeology, and landscape have coexisted for centuries.
At the heart of the petition is the project submitted by SCS 30 Srl, which has undergone an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The project, initially planned with a total capacity of 7.2 megawatts, was later revised to include five wind turbines, in addition to the necessary work for connection to the national transmission grid. It is precisely the location of the towers that concerns the initiators of the petition. The Ruina Fielli area and the surrounding territory are part of a landscape characterized by significant archaeological remains and an agricultural economy still strongly tied to the land. The aim of the petition is to demand that the energy transition be pursued without compromising areas considered to be of particular landscape, archaeological, and identity value.
The theme is intertwined with the investments that Mandas and Gesico are making specifically to enhance the local heritage. In Mandas, in particular, one of the symbols of this journey is the Su Angiu, or Bangiu, a four-lobed monument. Excavations have revealed evidence of Nuragic, Punic, and Roman occupation. This site, the administration intends to promote also for tourism, and which, according to the petition's promoters, risks losing some of its attractiveness if placed in a landscape dominated by large wind turbines.
