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The Vía Verde project (English: Green Way project), also known as ''Gasoducto del Norte''〔(''Nueva trama ensombrece la Vía Verde.'' ) Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.〕 (English: Northern Gas Pipeline), was a pipeline to supply natural gas to northern Puerto Rico proposed by the administration of Governor Luis Fortuño. The pipeline would have run from Peñuelas, on Puerto Rico's southern coast,〔 〕 to electricity-generating plants in Arecibo, Cataño and San Juan, crossing the island's Cordillera Central.〔(''Se reafirma a favor del Gasoducto.'' ) Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2 November 2011.〕 The project aimed to supply 71% of Puerto Rico's electrical energy needs,〔(''Casa Pueblo: Prueba inconsistencias de la Vía Verde.'' ) Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 September 2010. Year 28. No. 1398. Page 18. Retrieved 15 November 2011.〕 while lowering the cost of electricity in the island. A project of Governor Luis Fortuño,〔(''Entierra Barack Obama el oleoducto.'' ) Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.〕〔(''Vía Verde: "no en el futuro cercano".'' ) Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕〔(''Se disuelve el apoyo PNP al gasoducto.'' ) Reinaldo Millán and Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 5 October 2011. Page 6. Retrieved 5 October 2011.〕〔(''A Casa Blanca polémica por el gasoducto.'' ) La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 5 October 2011. Page 4. Retrieved 5 October 2011.〕〔(''Revés de Vía Verde: Se funde plan para gasificar a Costa Sur.'' ) Jason Rodríguez and Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.〕 it was called the "crown jewel" project of his administration.〔(''Cae el miércoles otro pilar de Vía Verde.'' ) Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30. Issue 1487. Page 11. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.〕 The project was also supported by former governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Colón.〔(''Energy Transition.'' ) Rafael Hernandez Colon. ''Caribbean Business''. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2011.〕 The pipeline was called "the centerpiece of (Fortuño )'s efforts to kick-start Puerto Rico's dormant economy."〔(''Puerto Rican Governor Faces Opposition To Pipeline.'' ) Greg Allen and Marisa Peñaloza. National Public Radio (NPR) News. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.〕 The Gasoducto del Norte project faced stiff opposition from the public, environmentalists – including Casa Pueblo and Bill McKibben – and members of the United States Congress, including Congressman Luis Gutierrez. A Puerto Rico newspaper poll taken in March 2011 showed that 70% of the residents opposed the gas pipeline.〔"(El Gasoducto / Via Verde: The governor of Puerto Rico has proposed a natural gas pipeline project worth USD 450 million that would cut through the territory's most sensitive habitats. )", ''The Hispanic Coalition NY'', Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2012.〕 As of 21 March 2012, the government of Puerto Rico was still awaiting permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before commencing construction of the projected pipeline.〔〔(''Sin fecha para dictamen de Vía Verde.'' ) Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30, Issue 1477. Page 8. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.〕〔(''AAA paga $14,200 mensuales por almacenar tubos no usados de Gasoducto del Sur.'' ) Perla Franco. Claridad. San Juan Puerto Rico. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.〕 If construction was started, the government estimated the project would take 12 months to complete,〔(''Admite ejecutivo de la AEE: Inicia la cuenta regresiva del gasoducto.'' ) Jason Rodríguez and Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.〕 but the time estimate was called "fiction" even by members if his own political party.〔 On 15 June 2012, the government of Puerto Rico removed from the project the section of the pipeline that would have traversed from Peñuelas to Arecibo. The decision was based on data that indicated there would not be enough gas at Peñuelas to feed into the pipeline.〔(''Fortuño y Comité descartan la VíaVerde.'' ) Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30. Issue 1490. Page 4. Retrieved 20 June 2012.〕 This pipeline section would have cut though the Cordillera Central and was the primary focus of environmentalists' objections. After much opposition, on 11 October 2012, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AEE) withdrew the entire Vía Verde permit application from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers evaluation process, thereby stalling approval of the proposed pipeline indefinitely.〔(''Items of Interest: Via Verde Natural Gas Pipeline'' ) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville, Florida. Website. Retrieved 14 November 2012.〕 ==History== In 1993, the chairman of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AEE), Miguel Cordero, proposed a natural gas pipeline as part of the Government of Puerto Rico's plan to diversify Puerto Rico's energy sources. However, the proposal was not proceeded during the administration of the Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) governor Pedro Rosselló (1993–2000).〔(''Los hombres del gasoducto.'' ) Gerardo E. Alvarado León. El Nuevo Dia, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.〕 In 2001, the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PPD) won the gubernatorial elections, put Sila Calderon in ''La Fortaleza'' from 2001 to 2004, and appointed Héctor Rosario as executive director of the AEE. The pipeline plan proposed by Cordero was shelved. In 2005, a natural gas pipeline project named ''Gasoducto del Sur'' (English: Southern Gas Pipeline) started construction under the PPD administration of Aníbal Acevedo Vilá.〔 The ''Gasoducto del Sur'' pipeline would have transported natural gas from the EcoEléctrica facilities in Peñuelas to the power plant at Aguirre in Salinas.〔(''A todo Vapor el Cambio a Gas Natural.'' ) Yanira Hernández Cabiya. El Nuevo Dia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 20 October 2011.〕〔(''No ayuda el gasoducto a una política energética saludable para Puerto Rico.'' ) Perla Franco. Claridad. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.〕 Acevedo Vilá managed to complete about 25% of the ''Gasoducto del Sur'' project before being defeated by the opposing party, the PNP, in the 2008 elections. When the PNP took back ''La Fortaleza'' in 2009 via Luis Fortuño as governor, Miguel Cordero was reappointed executive director of the AEE, and the ''Gasoducto del Sur'' project, though a quarter of its way completed, was abruptly cancelled.〔(''Lo llaman "Vía Verde": De Peñuelas a Cataño el nuevo gasoducto.'' ) La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 20 October 2011. (Includes the 27-page presentation by Gov. Luis Fortuño titled "Via Verde: Una nueva era energetica" and 7 images of visuals that include two charts by Daniel Pagan Rosa, principal project consultant, from a presentation made to the Penuelas Municipal Assembly.)〕 The cancellation left the Government of Puerto Rico with a US$59 million debt to the contractor, Skanska, and opened the way for the PNP's alternative project, ''Gasoducto del Norte''.〔〔(''AAA paga $14,200 mensuales por almacenar tubos no usados de Gasoducto del Sur.'' ) Perla Franco.Claridad. San Juan Puerto Rico. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vía Verde project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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