Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Turkey · date not stated
Solar plant planned for Karaburun wind farm involves about 30,000 olive trees
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A solar plant planned to support a wind farm at Yaylaköy in Karaburun involves about 30,000 olive trees. Provincial and district agriculture officials gave conflicting views on the value of the land.
What?
A solar plant planned to support a wind farm would involve about 30,000 olive trees. Evrensel
Where?
Yaylaköy, Karaburun, Turkey
When?
Reported in 2023; the timing of the plan is not stated in the sources reviewed. Evrensel
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A solar plant planned alongside a wind farm. Evrensel
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
A solar plant planned to support a wind farm at Yaylaköy, Karaburun, involves about 30,000 olive trees, according to the 2023 reports cited (Evrensel; bianet).
The provincial agriculture office described the land as marginal, while the district agriculture office described it as well kept and productive.
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What we don't know
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Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether any trees have been felled, or how many.
- None on record The provincial and district agriculture views are not reconciled; no decision on the land's value is cited.
- None on record The status of the solar and wind plans, including permits, is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The text of the cited 2023 reports is not reproduced in the sources reviewed; the 30,000 figure is attributed to them.
- None on record The wind farm company is not named in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
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Sources
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Press and investigations
- Evrensel news report (2023)Evrensel · 2023