It is called “Energia Monte Petralta” and is a new wind project made up of 6 blades 202.5 meters high for a total of 30 megawatts of nominal power. Wind turbines that would be positioned in the municipality of Sestino (Tuscany) but which also affect the province of Pesaro -Urbino. Deputy Antonio Baldelli of Fratelli d’Italia intervenes on the topic and has just presented a parliamentary question: “The ‘Energia Monte Petralta’ project, which will concern a large strip on the border between the Marche and Tuscany – explains Baldelli – will have a very notable impact on an uncontaminated and rare beauty area 6 wind turbines with a height of more than 200 meters but also an overhead power line of over 10 kilometers, which will run along the ridges and territories of some of these municipalities. Added to this will be underground cables, storage stations, service roads and , during the works, numerous construction sites. All this will create an irreparable wound to the territory”.
“Administrative Justice itself – continues Baldelli – has had the opportunity to underline how often, when it comes to high impact systems, the mistake is made of adhering to a “totalizing vision”, which takes into consideration only one aspect and fails to reconcile the different interests at stake. A vision which, in the Marche as in Tuscany, will cause an irreversible modification of the territory, from a landscape, naturalistic but also historical, cultural and identity point of view. Not to mention the damage to the most important industry for these borderlands, tourism, which significantly supports the local economy”.
“We have never been and will never be the ‘no’ party and we are in favor of renewable sources – concludes Baldelli – but things must always be done ‘cum grano salis’. This is why I presented a parliamentary question to the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security and Culture, for the same reason I convincingly support the battle of those mayors and those populations who do not share the project”. “Energia Monte Petralta” concerns the municipalities of Borgo Pace, Carpegna and Mercatello sul Metauro. About two kilometers from the project area are the centers of San Sisto, Belforte all’Isauro and Torriola; approximately three are the convent of Montefiorentino and the centers of Viano and Ca Buchero and five are the towns of Carpegna, Piandimeleto and Frontino.
Amedeo Pisciolini
