Since 2021, in Navarre we have been suffering numerous macro-projects of wind and solar polygons. The environmental impacts they generate, the lack of planning and their chaotic and irrational implementation compel us to do a great job of formulating allegations. Thus, at the end of May we have already submitted claims to 36 projects.

There are several important reasons for questioning and rejecting this way of developing renewable energies. On the one hand, the great environmental impact that impacts on biodiversity loss, as evidenced by the large number of birds dying in wind farms. On the other hand, these industrial plants intended to be implemented in the rural and natural environment lead to the disappearance of fertile agricultural soils or the dismantling of ecosystems in the expansion of roads and other infrastructures.

In addition to these reasons, we feel it is essential to address the lack of foresight and planning which these new industrial sites are planning. As you have said, these macro-facilities are necessary in the fight against climate change and must be the protagonists of the energy transition undertaken. At the same time, however, we are seeing how this transition is to be carried out without foreseeing the fundamental steps to be taken. For example, there is no clear plan to eliminate or reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in the industry; transport plans also have many shortcomings; the wager on electric cars is almost exclusive; and other options, such as improving and using rail services, are completely forgotten.

But not only does it lack planning when it comes to making the transition, from fossil fuels to almost all electrification with renewables. Furthermore, and above all, there is a total lack of planning in the plant for the generation of these renewable energies. In this sector, private companies determine the location and size of these facilities and the role of the Government of Navarra is limited to reviewing the "planned" by the companies. Only in a few cases will the government reduce some of the expectations of companies for environmental reasons.

For example, we will look at what the current Navarre Energy Plan indicates. In the case of wind farms, the plan stipulated that between 2018 and 2030 the number of wind farms would double. To do so, it established new potential wind areas in Navarra. At present, in the absence of 9 years for the end of the Plan, the doubling of wind power production capacity would be achieved or close to being achieved, and the new areas in which wind farms were planned would be practically occupied, and could be implemented in unforeseen areas.

As far as solar PV is concerned, the lack of planning is even more scandalous. The Energy Plan hardly contemplated it, limiting itself to pointing out the important capacity to install this type of energy on the roofs of cities and industrial sites. And yet, companies are presenting large projects that occupy a large natural and agricultural area and have serious environmental impacts. Meanwhile, the lack of priority thrust and support for roofing and other urbanized areas is noticeable.

Thus, private companies already have "planned" a huge number of wind farms and solar polygons. If we look exclusively at the projects to which we have submitted claims this year, we will see that some 700 Mw are wind farms and more than 1100 Mw are solar. According to these figures, 175 new wind turbines and over 2,000 hectares of solar panels (almost 3,000 football fields) will be installed. But over time, and every day new projects come forward, the actual figures are going to be even higher. So there is no planning at all.

As a sign of this lack of planning and the irresponsibility that this entails, in recent weeks we have been able to see two notable examples close to the absurdity:

1. Green Capital Power promotes the Joluga wind farm in the municipalities of Eslava, Ezporogi, Sada, Leatxe, Aibar and Lumbier. As is well known, the Middle Zone of Navarra, and in particular the area of the mountains of Alaitz and Izko, is today saturated with wind farms. For this reason, and as a result of the interactions that occur when the winds take in the surrounding parks, the installation of new polygons generates interference in the already installed ones. Therefore, the company Acciona, owner of the wind farms Uzkita, Ibargoiti, Izco, Lerga and Txutxu, has submitted an allegation to the Joluga Park project, the installation of which would reduce the production of these parks. According to his paper, Acciona expects the performance of its parks to decrease by more than 1 GWH/year.

2nd The company Aalsmeer Tejeria promotes the wind farm La Tejeria in Fontellas. However, the project of the wind farm Volandin, of the company Enerfin Sociedad de Energía, which started a few months ago and which has received approval from the Department of the Environment of the Government of Navarra, would be located in the same place. In this way, two wind turbines of the project La Tejeria are located near the three machines foreseen by Volandín, on the same plots. The Tejeria project has also provided that the Department of the Environment of the Government of Navarra is located in almost the same places where it has denied the locations of two other Volandin projects. There is a shortage of priority sites for wind farms.

We therefore believe that a democratic approach is necessary for the implementation of these renewable energy installations. We're seeing how the government is leaving this planning to private companies, who only manage the natural environment and the energy needs of citizens based on their economic interests. We have also seen that the current Navarre Energy Plan has become a zero, as the forecasts made in it have been exceeded.

Real planning should make it possible to discuss and assess the quantity, location and development of renewable energy sources, to address the reduction of energy consumption in a process that paralyses the electrical oligopoly and its speculative practices, prioritizing decentralisation and deconcentration of decisions, the democratisation of local and regional production, the proximity of production and consumption points, and the maximum protection of local livestock resources and employment, preserving the countryside as much as possible.

However, the Government of Navarre has surrendered to the companies, giving them our land to do crazy things. It only helps large energy companies and investment funds, making them more dependent and imposing energy bills. After all, they maintain the model that has plunged us into the social, economic and ecological crisis.