Permit for controversial windmill park revoked

The federal government has revoked the permit issued for the construction of a controversial windmill park off the coast at Knokke, Belgium.

The decision almost certainly spells the definitive end to the project of Seanergy, a consortium of energy company Electrabel and dredging firm Jan De Nul, newspaper ‘De Tijd’ reported on Tuesday.

The project would have involved the construction of 50 wind turbines with a capacity of 2 megawatt for the cost of EUR 220 million.

However, residents and local authorities were

fiercely critical of the project, claiming it would amount to sight pollution.

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