Wind Farms 2025 - extra resources

On 10th March 2025, proposals for 4 windfarms were announced on the BOC, three of which could directly affect limestone karst features in our past and present caving permit areas. These projects are
• Moncubo (the Monte Llusa area above Garzón, Villanueva and El Rincón)
• Sierra de Sel (top of the escarpment overlooking Ogarrio, with possible ramifications at San Miguel.
• Fuente Pico (between Llueva and Secadura)

The photos and surveys below show the positions of the wind farms on the high level karst areas and some karst features, caves and resurgences which are likely to be affected.

Any of the documents, or any part of the documents, can used to support arguments against these industrial constructions on limestone karst.

(18th March 2025)

Moncubo

(affecting the areas around Monte Llusa, Cierrolinos, Garzón, Villanueva and El Rincón in the municipalities of Hazas de Cesto, Solórzano, Ribamontán al Monte and Meruelo)

• Satellite photos MC-01 and MC-02 combining map data (contour lines), 500m grid, wind farm information and cave data (blue dots and purple cave passage) from the Matienzo Caves Project.
• The 3 wind farm alternatives are shown superimposed:
   1 red
   2 blue
   3 green
• More information about each coded site on the photos can be found by entering the 4-digit code into this page.
• Cave surveys -
   Fuente de Villanueva (#5023)
   cave at El Rincón (#4867)
others can be found on the web site. (March 2025)

Sierra de Sel

(affecting areas around Ogarrio and San Miguel in the municipalities of Ruesga and Voto)

• Satellite photos SdS-01, SdS-02 and SdS -03 combining map data (contour lines), 500m grid, wind farm information and cave data (blue dots and purple cave passage) from the Matienzo Caves Project.
• The 3 wind farm alternatives are shown superimposed:
   1 red
   2 blue
   3 green
• The dark blue arrows show the approximate positions of the underground streams from the Sumidero de Monticueva.
• More information about each coded site on the photos can be found by entering the 4-digit code into this page.
• Cave surveys - see the main critique page.

Fuente Pico

(affecting areas around Llueva and San Miguel in the municipality of Voto)

• Satellite photo FP-01 combining map data (contour lines), 500m grid, wind farm information and cave data (blue dots and purple cave passage) from the Matienzo Caves Project.
• The 3 wind farm alternatives are shown superimposed:
   1 red
   2 blue
   3 green
• More information about each coded site on the photos can be found by entering the 4-digit code into this page.