– Reindriften may be willing to enter into an agreement for a limited operating time for the wind power plant. This means that it is agreed that it will be allowed to stand, but not for the license period of 25 years, says the reindeer owners’ lawyer Erik Brønner to the Klassekampen newspaper. Brønner states that Sør-Fosen sijte (reindeer management on Fosen consists of two siidas, Sør-Fosen sijte and Nord-Fosen siida) submitted this proposal for Fosen Vind right after the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in autumn 2021. The proposal stands in contrast to the several Activists and players in reindeer herding have demanded: That the wind turbines at Fosen must be demolished. Financial compensation – The developer would achieve that the reindeer herding is not frozen by the demand that the windmills must be demolished now and agrees that they may stand for a certain period, but not the full license period. Reindrifta, for its part, would gain predictability for when the wind turbines are to be taken down. It is a compromise solution, he says. It is precisely the decision on whether the 25-year concession that the Supreme Court has determined is illegal, and which means that the wind power plants on Fosen violate the human rights of the reindeer herders in the area. Brønner will not say anything about how many of the reindeer owners are willing to join such a solution, but says that such an agreement must also include financial compensation. The ministry must take a position Fosen Vind tells Klassekampen that they are aware of the proposal, but that it is up to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to take a position on this, which the ministry states that they have not yet done. The proposal was submitted to Fosen Vind right after the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in autumn 2021. According to the lawyer, Fosen Vind has not been willing to discuss such an agreement. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy says they have not taken a position on the proposal. Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) said this week that the judgment from the Supreme Court does not make it clear that the wind turbines must be demolished. – The judgment also does not mean that the concessions for the wind power plants at Storheia and Roan have lapsed. Until new decisions come into place, the wind power plants are operated in accordance with the original licences. The wind power companies are therefore not doing anything illegal, Aasland points out. Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) said this week that the judgment from the Supreme Court does not make it clear that the wind turbines must be demolished. Photo: Martin Fønnebø / news Proposes a new assessment in the Supreme Court Storting representative and former Frp leader Carl I. Hagen believes for his part that Fosen Vind and Statkraft should consider asking the Supreme Court to reopen the Fosen case. In a chronicle in VG, Hagen questions whether the Fosen judgment in the Supreme Court was handed down on the wrong basis. Hagen writes that it is incomprehensible to him that the Supreme Court has defined reindeer husbandry in its judgment as the exercise of a culture. “In fact, I think most people will agree with me that reindeer herding is primarily a commercial activity such as meat production with bulls, cows, sheep and chickens,” the chronicle says, among other things. He also writes that it is not stated in either the UN convention or Norway’s constitution “that running reindeer herding is a culture and not a commercial activity”. Hagen writes that far more thorough investigations are needed into the extent to which the turbines actually prevent the reindeer from grazing.
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Reindeer owners on Fosen open for compromise on wind power plants – news Trøndelag
