The tribal hero of Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon goes on stage again. The Osage Indian nation in the US state of Oklahoma has won a historic appeal in court against Enel: the Italian group will have to pay almost $260 million to remove 84 wind turbines from the Osage reservation. minerals. As reported by Finance TimesThis is one of the first decisions requiring the decommissioning of a wind project in the United States. Any compensation will then be added to these costs and discussed in another process.
Group reaction from Indian tribe against Enel: “We do not agree”
A federal district court in Oklahoma ruled in favor of the Osage Indian Tribe in a dispute against Enel. The judge ruled that the Italian group did not seek permission from the local Indian authority to operate the wind farm.
Enel announced the project in 2015, as seen in this document. According to the project, the total installed power of the new park would be 150 MW and over 620 GWh could be produced annually, equivalent to the annual consumption of more than 53 thousand American families. In addition, this would prevent the release of approximately 300 thousand tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually.
A hearing at a later date will determine how much compensation the company will pay to the Osage Tribe. A spokesman for Enel told the British newspaper that the company “disagrees” with the latest court decision and will appeal. The company will continue to operate the wind project “in good faith” until a final decision is made and does not intend to impose its authority on the Osage Nation.
An Enel spokesman said: Finance Times He said the company “disagreed” with the latest court decision and would appeal. The company will continue to operate the wind project “in good faith” until the final outcome is determined and will never intend to assume sovereignty of the Osage Nation.
Overall, lawsuits filed by indigenous groups against projects ranging from wind farms to transmission cables to lithium mines are on the rise due to fears that green development could lead to the loss of their lands.
Source: Today IT
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