An infinite wall of giant shovels shatters on the skyline of the peaks of the "Shadowland" . From Monte Linas the landscape is ghostly . The valley, towards Guspini, Gonnosfanadiga, San Gavino and Villacidro is skewered everywhere, as if the lords of the wind had chosen the land of oranges, peaches and olive trees to disseminate their endless business in Sardinia. Yet in the famous novel by Giuseppe Dessì it tells of the courageous deeds of the people of Villacidro in defense of the common lands. It seems an eternity has passed since the tale of the "Land of Shadows". Here, for years, anyone who arrives has been authorized to do whatever they want with rich and luxuriant lands, landscapes and horizons. The front of these wind turbines, gigantic, but not as large as those foreseen in the new projects, is exterminated. Invasive, impactful, a symbol of a land abandoned to a boundless Far West where anyone, well-handled with power and business, can do what they want. At this rate, the smokestacks of state petrochemicals, which ended up upside down in the 1990s, will also be canceled as industrial archeology. The gaze on this territory will be outraged as never before by the affairs of the wind, where the fertile lands of a thriving and protagonist agriculture are negotiated in exchange for a few pennies in the presence of the billions that the wind lobbies collect.
The wind climb
We have just begun to talk about the new assault of the multinationals, starting with the lords of Sorgenia, on the lands of Campidano, that the blade totalizers launch yet another assault, contextual, even more invasive and unscrupulous on two new attack fronts. The updated map, like the Russian advance into the Donbass, marks the presentation of two new wind occupation projects, one on the slope between Serramanna, Villacidro and Villasor and the other between Samatzai and Guasila. What emerges from the cards in our possession is a real strategy to get your hands on the wind, and the sun, of the Campidano. Photocopy companies, numbered as if the chessboard were to advance without an end. After the project of the wind farm between Serrenti and Samassi of the powerful Sorgenia, the company that belonged to Carlo De Benedetti, ended up in the hands of F2i, the fund that would like to monopolize and privatize Sardinian airports, now a new team is emerging in many ways unknown, the “Gr Value” , declined in dozens of limited liability companies, including those aiming to dig up the agricultural lands of the Italian granary. Certainly there are two new projects for which the latest documents for the environmental assessments of the Region have just been filed. Unlike the assault by “Sorgenia” which presented the project to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, the gentlemen of “Gr Value” preferred the road of viale Trento, that of the regional Department of the Environment. Obviously it is not a question of sympathy. The Sorgenia plan provides for the installation of 11 blades of 6 megawatts each, or 66 megawatts of total power. A quantity that by law requires the examination of the project with the environmental impact assessment procedure of national competence. Under thirty megawatts, on the other hand, the evaluation procedures of the Region can be used. It is no coincidence that the two projects just presented are, coincidentally, 29.4 megawatts, just below the maximum power envisaged for the regional investigation, in theory therefore considered easier. Those who have studied the operation, however, are not an amateur, on the contrary.
The gotha of the shovels
The company team that presented the two new projects has names that together with the curriculum vitae make us reflect and not a little on the firepower put in place to unhinge the entire Campidano with wind turbines and photovoltaic panels. The leading company of the Sardinian Campidanese operation, the one that always has the majority of 100% of the shares or almost, the "Gr Value" , is led by a character, Giuseppe Gatti, who for thirty years was none other than General Manager of Sources of Energy to the Ministry of Industry, but also CEO of Ansaldo Industria, Chairman of ERG Power & Gas and above all Chairman of Tirreno Power, a company currently 50% owned by Sorgenia and therefore by F2i itself. The landing in the lands of the "Shadowland" takes place with another board member apparently a thousand miles away from the affairs of the wind and the sun. In fact, Carlo Alfiero, former Deputy Commander General of the Carabinieri, prefect of Viterbo and Commissioner for the environmental emergency in Calabria and for the waste emergency in Campania. The corporate deeds in our possession add a piece: the main shareholder is a certain Franco Bogoni, the same who sold the photovoltaic and wind assets to Next Energy and, once again, to F2i. All elements of a puzzle that is putting under attack a territory surrounded by companies that have only one goal: to collect hundreds of millions of euros in incentives, not caring about the impact on the landscape, employment and energy production repercussions. In the field now, therefore, there are also new wind projects for which, at least for one, the publication on the same day as that of Sorgenia, the 8th of June. The names chosen for the new wind farms are among the most unlikely, “Ermosura”, destined to place the blades between Serramanna, Villasor and Villacidro and “Geniosu” with the wind turbines stuck between Guasila and Samatzai.
Havens & business
At the crossroads of S'acqua Cotta, towards Villacidro, municipal lands and borders are divided. The company that nominally takes charge of the project is “GRVDEP Energia srl”, based in Milan, also in via Durini, like all the others in the same galaxy. However, in this team that aims to build the “Ermorusa” wind farm, seven 180-meter blades, to be added to the others, there is also a partner hidden in the shadow of “European” tax havens. 49% of the company, in fact, is in the hands of “Fontavis Forte Hydro S.A 'RL”, a company based at 40 Avenue Monterey in Luxembourg. A detail: splits and new companies took place just six months ago with a notarial deed of November 15, 2021. The project by Guasila and Samatzai, the same as the other, is branded "Grv Wind Sardegna 4 srl" , one of the many Chinese boxes of the infinite constellation that has targeted the Campidano with blows of wind turbines between 206 and 180 meters high.
Wind & smoke
Last note: even the projects of "GR Value", such as that of "Sorgenia", justify the wind invasion with a motivation that leaves us at least banned. Imagining a Sardinia dedicated to fairy tales, and assuming the Sardinians with the ring on their nose, the lords of the wind affirm: "An employment possibility for the area where the wind farm is built is represented by the tourist-cultural aspect induced by the presence of the park. The plants that use renewable sources are a real tourist attraction as they provide a "live" demonstration of the exploitation of clean energy. Ultimately, the inclusion of wind farms within tourist-cultural routes helps to liven up the local economy ". After the lords of the wind, we lacked the cheap smoke sellers .