Solar Panels: from fields to factories
2010, as we read in a press release of ENEL, "recorded a new record since
photovoltaic systems in Tuscany: are over 4 thousand new private plants, Government or Public Administration, which Enel has the electrical service in the region. "
The statement adds that "for the most part, these systems small and medium size from 3 to 20 kw, which amounts 'and' at 87, 5% of total assets, but there are plants of larger size from 1 MW or more, corresponding to 0.5% as number of connections to 32% but in terms of installed capacity. "It is precisely these maxi-panel installations on the ground that public concern, especially in Maremma and Val di Cornia. These plants with a disastrous impact on the landscape, which employ tens hectares of agricultural land in the plain, on the occasion said, "of little value."
2010, as we read in a press release of ENEL, "recorded a new record since
photovoltaic systems in Tuscany: are over 4 thousand new private plants, Government or Public Administration, which Enel has the electrical service in the region. "
The statement adds that "for the most part, these systems small and medium size from 3 to 20 kw, which amounts 'and' at 87, 5% of total assets, but there are plants of larger size from 1 MW or more, corresponding to 0.5% as number of connections to 32% but in terms of installed capacity. "It is precisely these maxi-panel installations on the ground that public concern, especially in Maremma and Val di Cornia. These plants with a disastrous impact on the landscape, which employ tens hectares of agricultural land in the plain, on the occasion said, "of little value."
To cope with the proliferation of the posters savage ", the Regional Council has proposed to the Council's deliberation of the Regional n.8 12/13/2010, it plans to reduce the spread of large photovoltaic plants (over 200 kw) of farmland, helping those in small (5 to 20 kw) and medium-sized (20 to 200 kw). It introduces a list of unsuitable areas, including those included in the UNESCO World Heritage site, or to have the interest to the natural, cultural and scenic, as well as those dedicated to the production of oil and wine making.
"No one can be opposed to renewable energy - said Councillor Marson -. The problem is that their promotion has been moving large financial interests on agricultural land. So why not move the plants from fields to factories, using the roofs of industrial buildings, commercial and parking? ".
The resolution is now being discussed in the Regional Council, after provoking strong reactions both positive and negative, even within the environmental front: by many proposed amendments are made of the fact that they tend to favor the proliferation of maxi-ground installations in the name of renewable energy. By associations, such as Coldiretti, the proposal was welcomed because it contrasts a process that has been defined as "colonization" of the Tuscan territory by national and international companies.
Participants at the conference on "Renewable Energy and Common Goods," organized by the Committee in Castiglion Fiorentino and the Chiana Valley Protection Network committees for the defense, to take sides openly
favor of the proposed Resolution and asked the Regional Council to approve it as a first step towards the introduction of new rules to protect the territory, waiting for the region itself would define the conditions proper landscaping of all renewable energy facilities, including wind power.
Rigutino, January 22, 2011.
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