Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:42am
Are you aware of the mega solar park (over 200 hectares) that’s planned to be built in Castalla? It will be built right next to Castalla International, destroying the beautiful landscape and views there. I fear that such an ocean of solar panels will cause even more soil erosion and will ultimately lead to even more desertification in Spain.
If I live there I would put up a fight against this project. But I can’t see any signs of protest against it except for a tiny petition in change.org that’s asking people to sign.
I don’t live there and I signed. Everybody should, no matter where they live. This kind of mega solar plants are definitely harmful to the planet. Cutting thousands of trees that undoubtedly play a vital role in reducing CO2 in the air, plastering the vast landscape with heat reflecting solar panels and destroying nature? That should prevent further global warming? To me, all that can’t be the right solution to ease climate change. Sadly, it’s happening in many lovely sunny places in Spain. And people don’t seem to care enough. I haven’t found any protest marches reported in the news. No big discussions on Spanish TV?
Tourism will be affected. Who would want to hike in nature and find themselves lost in a surrealistic sea of solar panels? They appear like great black scars to me and will look as beautiful as the impressive sea of plastic in Almeria.
Farming will be immensely affected too and Europe will have to increase the import of food. People of Castalla, people of Spain, people of Europe, wake up!
I admire the villagers in the Extremadura who have put up a fight against the giant lithium mining company wanting to exploit their rich nature. The people of Alacant should see them as their role model.