GESA wants to build a new power station at Son Reus

Yesterday, Monday 13, the Balearic President, Francesc Antich, received the president of GESA, Bartomeu Reus at the Consolat de la Mar. The latter declared at the end of the meeting that he had informed President Antich about the possible rise in the cost of energy on the Islands by some 40%, due to the "liberalisation" of the energetic market and the fusion Endesa-Iberdrola. Both Antich and Reus agreed to claim from the central government norms and investment to counteract the insular condition.

GESA, a company that belongs to the Grupo Endesa Iberdrola, that produces and distributes "exclusively" the electric energy for the Balearics, is negotiating the authorisation to build a new power centre at Son Reus, next to the Incinerator plant.

The GOB has asked the Balearic Government not to authorise the new power station. The ecologists consider that it is not logical to authorise the construction of a new power station while the Govern is negotiating the Sectorial Directive for Energy of the Balearics. According to the GOB, the new power station at Son Reus, which will have 4 50 metre chimneys, visible from many parts of the Island, would represent an increase of 26% of the electrical power on Mallorca. According to the ecological association "it seems to be a flagrant contradiction that while Mallorca negotiates this project, in the Hague, in the Summit about Climatic Change, they are discussing measures to be taken to reduce the emission of contaminants into the atmosphere."

Related news:
- The GOB requests the removal of the Energy Plan and criticises the installation of desalination plants (7/11/2000)
- The Energy Plan will allow the continuing present urban model (26/10/2000)
- Presentation of the Energy Plan for the Balearics (19/7/2000)
- GESA leaves Mallorca and part of Menorca without electricity (15/6/2000)
- Saving Guide for electricity aimed at Balearic tourists (2/12/1999)

Relatd webs:
- Página del President Antich
- Conselleria de Innovación y Energía del Govern
- Gas y Electricidad, S.A. - GESA
- Grupo Endesa Iberdrola
- Grup Balear d'Ornitologia i Defensa de la Naturalesa - GOB
- Climate Change Convention
- Línies fonamentals del Pla Director Sectorial Energètic de les Illes Balears (19/07/2000)
- Guía de ahorro de electricidad, elaborada por la Conselleria de Innovación y Energia y por Gesa, y dirigida al sector turístico balear.

Photo © CAIB: Photo of the meeting by the president of Gesa, Bartomeu Reus, with the President of the Govern, Francesc Antich.

Datum: 14/11/2000

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