Expropriations to make room for batteries, activists say, "They want to devastate the Selargius countryside."
The 200-megawatt storage plant is planned for Cuccuru Matta Masonis, a "highly productive agricultural area."Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
Two hundred megawatts of storage batteries, which on August 4th, brought another concrete step forward in Selargius, amidst the relentless assault on the Sardinian countryside. To make room for the future containers, a "single authorization request has been submitted to the Region," along with a request for "the imposition of a pre-expropriation restriction." This is essentially a preliminary notice of confiscation. The communication, which triggered the deadline for submitting comments, is online on the website of the Ministry of the Environment (MASE). Anti-speculation activists are raising renewed alarm: "The project must be stopped."
The project
Milan-based Atena Storage srl submitted the connection request to Terna. The company wants to line up metal storage containers in the countryside of Cuccuru Matta Masonis, an agricultural jewel in the Selargino area that "the so-called green transition is devastating," says Ivan Monni, representing the No Tyrrhenian Link Land Defense Committee. "We're talking about a highly productive area, 87% cultivated, as shown in the study commissioned by the Municipality in 2024. There's even no shortage of facilities for processing grapes and olives."