Hundreds join protest against controversial solar farm onSpainsCosta Blanca thatthreatenswildlife and 10,000 trees [Video]

OVER 300 San Miguel de Salinas residents protested in Alicante on Tuesday against plans to build a giant solar farm on prime agricultural land used by fruit growers.

Protestors gathered in front of the Government sub-delegation building on Alicante’s Plaza de la Montañeta.

The demonstration was led by the San Miguel Arcangel neighbourhood association and representatives from the local council, including the mayor, Juan de Dios Fresneda.

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“I want to thank all the political groups in the municipality for standing behind the government team so that we can take the lead in this fight,” the mayor said.

The local authority supplied a fleet of buses for the 70 kilometre journey to the provincial capital.

The proposed solar farm …