The president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, stated this Wednesday that “nothing has been decided” about the future use given to the enormous holes left in the Güímar ravines by the extraction without control or permits of land carried out for years by several businessmen, convicted in what was called the Áridos case.
The recent Supreme Court ruling recognizes that the land cannot be rehabilitated and confirms the compensation that those convicted must pay, which amounts to 185 million euros. Dávila has acknowledged but admitted that one of the options may include the construction of a pumped hydroelectric plant, a proposal supported by Fepeco, an entity presided over by one of the convicted persons at the time the environmental crime was committed.
In a press conference to report on the agreements of the Government Council, he pointed out that “it is not about what the Cabildo would like to do” but rather about “carefully analyzing the sentence” which implies the payment of compensation of 185 million. euros from the convicted businessmen.
She has indicated that both the Cabildo and the Government of the Canary Islands are the beneficiaries of the compensation and although she has not hidden that the ruling “clearly states” that the environmental recovery of the environment must be promoted, she is aware that “work has been going on for some time.” “time” to build a hydraulic pumping project that would help the electrical stabilization of the island through renewable energy.
Given the electricity “deficit” that the island suffers, which adds to the zero energy of last summer in La Gomera, the president understands that “it is very important” that projects be developed “that allow storage and that energy is not lost.”
For this reason, he has indicated that the legal services of the Cabildo are studying the sentence to later, within a couple of weeks, meet with the Minister of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands, Mariano Hernández, and begin to make decisions.
