Though barely two weeks to work with to build eight vindturbinar on Haramsøya outside Ålesund start. Windfarm received a licence in 2008, but only now is it a reality. The resistance of the local population is large and several desire to stop the development.
Utbyggaren Zephyr has accepted the signal of the sabotage, both on the e-mail and in social media. General manager, Olav Rommetveit, says that they are taking this serious.
” We have been varslar that it is Frøyatilstander. It is clear that what we see on Frøya we will take strong distance from, says Rommetveit.
On Frøya is the situation between the and the enemies were very conflicted. Several gongar has aksjonistar forbid construction work. Trønderenergi think also they are subject to verbal abuse and harassment and have politimeldt aksjonistane more gongar.
Olav Rommetveit in Zephyr will involve the police.
Contacts the police
Rommetveit says that they make contact with the police, to prepare themselves on what can happen.
– It is difficult to imagine any scenario, but it is just the scenaria we wish to discuss with the police, so that both we and they know how we should forhalde us, says Rommetveit.
the Company creates a risk assessment for the site in the event of sabotage and vandalism.
Aggressive mood
Tuesday invited utbyggaren to the open meeting with the villagers on the Haramsøya, so that they could get answers to your questions. Around 30 people showed up and vindkraftmotstandar Birgit Oline Kjerstad was so offended that she took physical hold of Rommetveit. After the victory Possible that he felt that the dialogue at the meeting as good. He understands that the people are worry for how the plant will influence the daily life of their idols, and says that konsekvensutgreiinga should have given the local community the confidence that the plant is to live with.
We find that such is not and then we must take the effort to talk with several and have open office in order to make people confident that the consequence of the facility it will be possible to live with, says Rommetveit.
Birgit Oline Kjerstad was so angered during a meeting with utbyggaren that she physically took hold of Olav Rommetveit.
Photo: Mike Ellingseter / NRK Takes the distance from sabotage
Birgit Oline Kjerstad is a leader of the aksjonsgruppa and she don’t look away from, that they will use civil disobedience as aksjonsform, but takes distance from the claims of sabotage.
Civil disobedience is completely legal. Sabotage we will not to drive with. Our group has articles of association and we are proper people, that is saklege. We shall keep on with it, ” says Kjerstad.
She understands that utbyggaren can experience it as a sabotage of the people not accepting vedtaka that is done. She think it is made mistakes both in konsekvensutgreiinga and the detailed plan and desire that the Oil and enregidepartementet considering the matter again.
–Windfarm is in great conflict with the nature reserve and the sea eagle, vandrefalken and raudlista skylark, says Kjerstad.
the NVE approved as well as the detailed plan for construction, but Haram municipality have announced that they will appeal the decision. Zephyr start yet the construction work, before the complaint is treated.
