A firm "no" against wind power and ground-based photovoltaics comes from Rome where the States General promoted by the environmental associations that are part of #CoalizioneArt9 were held.
In just 20 days, almost 500 people signed up, including 90 mayors and local administrators - many also from Sardinia - and 120 committees, cultural and business associations and agricultural companies.
250 delegates were present at the assembly, with representatives of the island at the forefront, attacked in several areas by gigantic wind turbines and endless fields of solar panels . Also present were Coldiretti Lazio with its general director, Sara Paraluppi, and senator Manfredi Potenti of the Environment commission of Palazzo Madama.
The shared point started from a reflection: «Taking advantage of the electoral campaign for the European elections, the time has come to ask all parties for a profound review of the policies for renewable sources, abandoning the expansion projects in the territory of wind farms and ground-mounted photovoltaics in the absence of any planning . We cannot expect to save the planet by damaging the landscape and biodiversity."
Some requests were then reiterated: that photovoltaic panels must be installed only on built-up surfaces, in degraded areas or in reclamation areas, outside of historic centres; that every form of incentive must be canceled and every form of speculation at the expense of local communities must be banned; that energy systems from renewable sources can be installed only and exclusively in the Suitable Areas defined by the Regions, based on guidelines, without producing further land consumption; that pending the identification of suitable areas, new settlements are suspended; that the rules that allow the expropriation of agricultural land for the construction of renewable energy projects be repealed.
Some numbers of the invasion are contained in the manifesto of membership of the States General: «In the last 25 years, Italy has installed, mainly in the regions of Southern Italy, wind towers and photovoltaic panels on agricultural land for a power of approximately (March 2024: 32 GW of PV and 12.5 GW of wind). ." «As early as 2030, the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) plans to raise the installed power to over 100,000 MW according to European objectives. Systems to be renewed every 20 years."
