107 EOI Ferrol Número 19 ANO 2021
C1.2
Juan Laguarda
A year after a special feature on Endesa’s shutdown war written by C1 students at EOI As
Diálogo
The Current Situation at Endesa
According to a report presented by Endesa, power plant operation with biofuels is not feasible, neither from an environmental nor an economic point of view. Nevertheless, a report presented by the other parties asserts that not only is feasible, but necessary and convenient.
Pontes, we have asked one of them, a power plant employee, to sum up what has happended since then. This is what he wrote.
Indeed, the conflict has turned into a hot potato for governments of different political wings, and neither want to handle it. This is the reason for them to support the idea of biofuels. Now, the ball is in Endesa’s court.
Lorries blocking the entrance to the power plant (photograph by Pilar Polo)
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fter numerous protests and demands by ancillary workers, coal carriers and local government, a technical negotiating table was created to find a solution to the problem. The parties involved are the central government’s Ecological Transition Ministry, Xunta de Galicia’s autonomous government, As Pontes local government, Endesa, labor unions and representatives of the groups affected by the shutdown.
Questions are being asked about the company’s attitude towards energy transition (photograph by Pilar Polo).
Not only is the main entrance blocked (photograph by Pilar Polo)
Actualidade
