He said it during the election campaign and the bill was approved. Alessandra Todd suspended the construction of new wind farms for 18 months. The president of Sardinia thus intends to block the new structures who are waiting to receive authorizations. On the side of the Cinquestelle president of the Region, there are mayors who want to "foster the regulated and harmonious development of production and storage plants in harmony with the peculiarities and conservation of the regional territory". Positions expressed for some time and relaunched during the electoral campaign which led to the success of the so-called broad camp of the left. But there are also some TAR rulings which have held that projects should not always be approved due to the abandonment of fossil fuels.
Todde's judgment on the situation on the island is harsh. “At the moment there is a wild west and a regulatory void, we have taken some time to put in place rules and to be able to negotiate with the State, both with regards to the identification of suitable areas and for the opening of the revision of the landscaping which is a concurrent competence with the State". In fact, new constructions are blocked, which for industrialists in the sector come after months of attacks, false information and specious accusations. “The regulatory provision contained in the provision, which will have to be passed by the Council, is incredible, and seems to be the result of a tenacity – says Anev, a sector association – seen in the last months of the election campaign on the island, towards clean sources , which would end up benefiting only gas and coal plants.” In short, industrialists are preparing to do battle because they have projects and investment plans ready.
Does the transition stop?
An exponent of the Cinquestelle in the government of a strategic region prevents the path of the energy transition ? Was suspension the only way to protect villages and coasts? Or could we rather open a negotiating table and seriously understand what disturbs the landscape and what is less invasive? In this way nothing stands out and it seems like we have returned to the "vaffa" of the old comedian even if they are now on headed paper. The Movement's mania for punishment this time does not take into account a sector which grows throughout Europe. The populism of the new leader, who was prime minister, appears in a central area for the country. This is not a good thing for the left which claimed victory in Sardinia
If the time set in Todde's provision is truly respected, the risk is high. On a political level, the bloc will find space in the electoral campaign for the European elections. While in Rome, in Parliament and in the programs of the candidates for Brussels, there is push for renewables, the stops are coming from the other side. The clash with the government there will be and will concern a further definition of responsibilities in the matter, between center and periphery. “Sardinia is in the ideal conditions to constitute a real laboratory for the energy transition” Legambiente, WWF and Greenpeace had written before the electoral campaign. The first act was carried out with unpredictable results.
In the Region there are over 600 wind-powered plants which place Sardinia in fifth place in Italy. Thermoelectric energy is also produced, methane networks are used and a third of the energy consumed comes from coal. Two days ago the G7 of Turin on energy and climate has given (at least formally) a boost to renewable sources. On the island, among the new sources, wind power is said to be growing. It would be, but without measures like the one that has been shaking the Region since Saturday, just 40 days before the elections of the new president.
