NO LAND TO THE PHOTOVOLTAIC : good news that the resolution of the Regional Council of 13 December!
Tuscany off-limits for photovoltaic systems on the ground. Are allowed small installations, those under 200 kW, that is below 4,000 square meters. For larger installations for the production on an industrial scale and not just consumption, nothing to do. The regional government led by Enrico Rossi adopted a resolution that will be discussed by the Regional Council in the coming weeks.
I must emphasize that the decision comes to the regional response to the broad debate on numerous projects for large solar fields to be carried out on land in agricultural areas and fertile soils, often suited to the production of value. The basic issues are: the removal of agricultural land, environmental impact, as well as effects on soils that could result from an eventual Poor management of facilities and the necessary remediation of the area that should be done when they have reached the 'technical obsolescence.
It fully shares the view according to which the production of electricity from renewable sources, particularly photovoltaic technology, should be promoted because of all the many benefits it can produce and that we are not here to commemorate. Nevertheless, each project must be carefully assessed in relation to the size of the facilities and areas in which they are proposed, in the light of an objective assessment of costs and benefits (including environmental) that the same is able to produce, taking into account the ability to achieve in areas where adverse effects can be minimized. It should also be noted that, even ignoring the enormous availability of roofs of buildings for which the decision to build PV systems it is clearly the owners, the installed capacity in areas already degraded, such as former industrial areas, landfills exhausted, environmental restoration of quarries and so on., or to cover parking areas and more, is still relevant and can most likely meet the needs of our region.
worth also point out that in most cases make the assumptions that we often hear or read the newspapers regarding the possible coexistence on the same site, growing crops with solar parks, are unfounded. One can not assume, in fact, the coexistence of plants and crops, for obvious reasons of space and processing techniques. It 'also known that the average life of these systems have more than twenty years and the facilities needed to produce them make the conversion of land essentially irreversible.
The use of agricultural land for the installation of plants for the production of renewable energy is desirable only if limited to the development of multifunctional farms. Appears rather worrisome pursuit of an industrial use of such productions as this direction would lead to the reclamation of land which produces food, further deteriorating the food industry.
The landscape, as well as being a collective good, it performs a social function as an element identifier for those who live, identity even for Tuscany! All territorial marketing policies take based on this resource and there can be a project to develop the territory in the absence of a precise plan for the protection and enhancement of the landscape, more so if we refer to the agricultural landscape, the only element of naturalness . The same Regional Landscape Plan (adopted only for now) at various points highlights the urgent need to protect the agricultural landscape by avoiding the creation of works and infrastructure that will conflict with the connotations of that identity, and the new government's program of our region, this specific issue, pushing further ahead with a strong commitment in the direction of reducing the use of soil and the protection of rural areas. The availability of fertile land, in fact, is a non-renewable and limited resource, constantly subject to erosion (in the last 40 years, Italy has lost more than 5 million hectares of farmland!) With an extension of the building is not always rational, often disconnected from the needs of satisfying housing needs related to population growth or production needs dictated by new initiatives.
now these reasons that compel us to welcome with satisfaction the decision of the Regional Government and to request that the Regional Council, to discuss the proposal of the Board, poses the greatest attention to compliance with the fertile lands that still exist in the area and at the same time, a joint planning that takes into account a double requirement: the dissemination of renewable energy sources and preservation of agricultural land and landscape. Allowing them to prevent and resolve conflict is a risk of political and cultural may see two opposing legitimate and fundamental needs.
James Sanavio
Councillor Territorial Planning and Rural Development Province of Pisa
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