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Initiative to collect signatures against wind park in Dobele, Tukums started
BC, Riga, 18.09.2018.Print version
A group of residents have started collection of signatures against the wind park project in Dobele and Tukums counties, said Zita Savica, director of Baltic Candles company and a representative of the initiative group informed LETA.
According to the
Central Election Council, 5,980 voters took part during the last local
elections in Dobele.
Activists have also
launched a Facebook group informing on the possible impact of the planned wind
park on the environment and people’s health and quality of life.
As reported, Swedish
company Eolus Vind AB's subsidiary in
Latvia, Eolus is planning to build
Latvia's largest wind park with 51 turbines in Dobele and Tukums regions over
the next four years, the project is estimated to cost EUR 250 mln, as Eolus board member Gatis Galvins
informed LETA earlier.