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eoliennes: why not a citizen? The Aeolian

Sixty people gathered Friday night Marilles to listen to Bernard Delville explain the benefits of wind citizen.

The same ho is small, stocky, grinning, lucid, intelligent, practical. At where graft and "bisbrouilles" may discourage the average person here is a man who avoids any question. That's a good crazy. To see and hear Bernard Delville, we say that there are still whole people, honest.

In his small village of Mesnil-Eglise, near Dinant, this engineer is the initiator of a non-profit association named Wind Houyet. These cozy

winds have involved children's corner a wind project. With their parents after the creation of a cooperative, they became owners of a 800kW wind turbine. Overall cost of the adventure: 200000 €. A large sum, but the subscription of 2000 shares of 100 € has enabled the project to succeed. And function.

other words, recipients will soon have a green power will cost them more than a radish.

All this came as Bernard Delville explain Marilles at the invitation of Enviro group. He was listening carefully.

Then the questions fused. Michel Marchal of Noduwez, dislikes the noise of wind turbines. "I remember information about the future TGV, says he. We hammered that, on its way, we hear nothing. This proved totally untrue. "To this Bernard Delville answered yes, it is necessary to provide a neutral zone between houses and a windmill. Never less than 500 meters. And it is also necessary to observe the distances between wind farms.

Frederic Roux, Pietrain, a civil engineer by training, he was eager to install a mini wind turbine ... his garden. "And you have planning permission?" Asked Bernard Delville. No, actually, it does not.

And his initiative, Frédéric Le Roux admits, is not appreciated by his neighbors.

Olivier Laet, Folx of-the-Caves, it is starting to invest in a project similar to Mesnil-Eglise. "The only problem, it would not be able to raise the money. But do not worry, because if the project were to fail, it would recover its money and interest. "

In this context it was interesting to hear from Pierre Sondag, alderman of Energy and Environment. Especially at the municipal council of 28 February 2008, we learned that contact had been made with company Electrabel for a possible implantation of four wind turbines and between Noduwez Libertange. "Nothing is decided on that side," says Pierre Sondag, it is still at the discussion stage. But if conditions are not interesting, it will not happen. "

remains one final question: since the site already is suffering under E40, there are no other potential wind sites in Orp-Jauche? "No," Sondag. Because we would be in the axis of Beauvechain air corridors or in the training zone for helicopters. I would challenge the rest of this topic for federal relax restrictions. "

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The farm must first benefit to citizens, according BernardDelville, the ASBL Wind Houyet studying a project to Gouvy and Houffalize.

Bernard Delville, you are responsible for the association Wind Houyet. Are you planning a fleet of six windmills on Gouvy-Houffalize and you talk of a possible citizen participation?

Not possible! Concrete. Our purpose is solidarity economy, participatory. The wind is the oil of citizens. At to exploit them.

Large wind farm developers, they do not share. These are financiers who see only their own profit.

The risk is that tomorrow our wind turbines become Russian or Chinese. With this vision of the economy is going into the wall

Houyet Wind is not a promoter like the others?

Our approach is radically different. The association is proposing a mixed one third of the invest reserved for common citizens to a second third and the last to take the risk that private study implantation.

You seem very "chilly" to the approach of other promoters collected by you as profiteers. You lead a fight?

David against Goliath. There is money and power at stake tomorrow, the granting of environmental permits should take into account indigenous.

It is time to react and not be considered under-developed that one wants to plunder their wealth.

I am adamant: no wind without significant local impact.

We will go to appeal against all private projects that do not offer compensation for residents.

You propose to citizens to own a wind turbine. With direct benefits. A dream?

Look what is in the Scandinavian countries! Wind Houyet is part of a utopia and zero euro cent to reach far up to three wind turbines, many cooperatives citizens and balances that make you dream.

Municipalities also have a card to kill?

They must come together and innovate in contracts similar to contracts for wind rivers.

And choose between investors from overseas or local.

A 2MW wind turbine generates between 80 and € 100,000 gross per annum with a minimum downpayment to the extraordinary.

The town does not put its budget in peril! It invests for the future with public funds.

figures?

Our figures are directly available to cooperators. Other developers have the same transparency.

A wind turbine costs 3million euros. How many citizens to create a cooperative?

A minimum of 500 families each taking a share of € 260 or € 130,000 for a 2MW wind turbine producing power for 1200 households.

is sufficient. If we do not collect the amount due, we redo the turn of the subscribers to propose the purchase of more shares.

And if that's not enough, there was a waiting list of cooperators outside waiting to invest because there is no home for a potential wind farm.

But our initial idea is to give priority to local.

260 € for one hand! How much the dividend rate of return?

units of 260 €

give a dividend of 6% amounts to a rebate on electricity bills.

All additional profits are distributed annually advantages in the Electricity or supporting projects decided by the meeting of cooperators.

Concretely, we propose to pay each of its part on behalf of the cooperative Wind Houyet.

For municipalities, the revenues will be spent on projects for energy savings at the local level.

Some say that to believe in direct benefits in such an operation, is playing with people's feelings?

There is no mention of feeling but money. Ultimately, it offers each invest in an oil green. We were offered a wind turbine to 850 children.

Where is the manipulation?

Interview: Olivier LAMBERT cur
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