The initiative, promoted by the Canarian Nationalist Parliamentary Group and defended by deputy Mario Cabrera, urges the Government of the Canary Islands to request the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge to incorporate this infrastructure into state planning. This measure responds to prior requests from the Fuerteventura Island Council and the Puerto del Rosario City Council.
Both the Island Council and the City Council have shown their support for relocating the power plant. The insular institution submitted alegations in 2023 requesting the inclusion of Llanos Pelados, in Zurita, as the new site. For its part, the City Council has offered municipal land and approved motions to facilitate the transfer of facilities, seeking a more suitable location from territorial, urban, and environmental perspectives.
Mario Cabrera stated that both corporations have formally requested the Minister of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands to make this action a priority, although he regrets the lack of progress to date. He recalled that the Fuerteventura institutions lack the capacity to modify state planning, making it crucial for the Government of the Canary Islands to defend this proposal before the State.
The Zurita alternative has been proposed since 2013 and responds to a historical demand from residents to relocate the power plant. The deputy emphasized that there is institutional consensus to seek a new location, clarifying that the initiative does not aim to debate Fuerteventura's energy model but rather for administrations to address the island's proposal.
Cabrera warned about the risk of maintaining provisional solutions in the face of the energy emergency, noting that these could become permanent. The incorporation of Zurita into the planning would allow for the progressive relocation of the facilities from El Charco, paving the way for its definitive closure and dismantling.
The proposal includes the installation of a 132 kV substation in Zurita, connected to the 132 kV transport network. This infrastructure is considered an essential first step to enable the relocation of the power plant. Furthermore, this alternative would prevent the implementation of new generation facilities in La Hondura, an area near the current power plant.
