The request has been sent: the Permanent Presidium of the Sardinian People awaits the Region's " documents for the Nulvi-Ploaghe wind farm ." A 121.50-megawatt giant, overlooking the Basilica of Saccargia. The list of requested documents is very long.
The final piece of the puzzle was laid by the Region itself on April 28th, with Resolution 463/17344, the single authorization that gave Erg Wind Energy srl the green light for construction (in recent weeks, Governor Alessandra Todde also met with the company's president, Edoardo Garrone). The project calls for twenty-seven 180-meter wind turbines, replacing the existing fifty-one, which are seventy-six meters tall . More than double.
According to the documents, this is a repowering project . An enhancement. And the first aspect the Permanent Presidium of the Sardinian People wants to verify concerns the type of intervention. Regulations in hand . When old wind turbines are replaced with new ones, the procedure varies depending on the increase in power and production capacity. Below the 20 percent threshold, the process is streamlined. And only then can it be considered repowering. Otherwise, a more complex administrative process must be followed.
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