The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy of the Government of the Canary Islands is going to dismantle the Montaña Mina wind farm after four requests from the San Bartolomé City Council and the threat of going to court.
The Councilor for Economy and Finance, Contracting, Human Resources, Internal Regime and Statistics of the municipality, Antonio Rocío, intervened on Wednesday morning in the morning program of Radio Lanzarote - Onda Cero to clarify the situation of these mills.
The fall of a wind turbine on the power line this Tuesday caused damage to a high-voltage cable and left several areas of the island without power.
"This situation is not new. The background is clear, the park has been disused for many years and dismantling is necessary," Rocío said. It is not the first time that this space has been involved in controversy after years of deterioration and lack of maintenance.
"It is not a purely technical issue but even an aesthetic one. It makes no sense for it to be occupying the foothills of that mountain for a minimal profitability," said Antonio Rocío.
The dismantling of the Montaña Mina wind farm corresponds to the company Energías Limpias de Canarias SL, which should be in charge of managing the wind farm. However, the councilor of San Bartolomé has indicated that "the company is not there nor is it expected. It exists, but it is a shell company that took over the park, but did not dismantle it. It will have to be the competent administration that takes care of it," he added.
Due to "the urgency and seriousness", the Energy area is going to move this Wednesday to the wind farm to remove that mill and proceed with the immediate dismantling, according to San Bartolomé.
At the end of November, the council gave the Ministry a period of one month to start the dismantling, otherwise it warned that they would go to the Contentious Court. "There is a precautionary measure due to the seriousness, nothing has happened by pure miracle and what has happened with this mill can happen with the other four that remain in the area," Rocío stressed.