Question 37412 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. André Villiers alerts the Minister of Ecological Transition to the sustainable development of wind power in France. At a time when the Government wants to make wind energy a key element of the energy transition, a majority of French people surveyed continue to perceive the installation of wind turbines, first as potentially dangerous, then as the result of unilateral decisions taken without consultation with the population. Currently, even more alarming, the majority of wind tower installations are the subject of an appeal before the administrative courts. In Yonne, the leading wind power department in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, and particularly in the south of Yonne, the majority of the department's wind turbines are concentrated between Tonnerre and Avallon. Aisy-sur-Armançon, Châtel-Gérard, Etivey, Sarry, Sainte-Colombe, Joux-la-Ville, Nitry, Grimault, Pasilly, Saint-Cyr-les-Colons, Précy-le-Sec, Thory, Lichères-près-Aigremont, without forgetting around the major tourist site of Vézelay, Noyers-sur-Serein and Montreal. This is why the mayors are questioning the MP about the reliability and inflation of wind turbines in the sector. Many mayors, associations and residents are asking for more consultation and information in the face of a proliferation of wind turbines which fuels a feeling of “saturation”. Certainly, wind turbines are sources of income for the installation municipalities but they have disadvantages. At a time when state allocations are falling, they are also sources of negative externalities for the local environment and quality of life (visual pollution, headaches, noise pollution, damage to biodiversity, headaches). They generally disrupt the health of residents. They disrupt conversations telephone lines in Yonne. They end up without financial compensation for the municipalities in whose territory they are not installed. These externalities could compromise the tourist future of a territory with exceptional cultural and natural heritage (castles, canals, rivers, etc. including the fortified village of Noyers-sur-Serein, the city of Tonnerre, the medieval town of Montreal). He questions her about problems caused, particularly health problems. He recalls that the Prefect authorizes wind turbine projects and can prevent the risk of saturation in a given sector. He asks what additional measures the Government intends to take and have taken by the various stakeholders, in terms of communication and information, as a priority on health issues, and according to what timetable, to guarantee acceptability sustainability of wind turbines among the French.

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