Italy solar ban

[jondear]

Italy bans PV from agricultural land

The Italian government has issued a new decree to completely ban solar from agricultural land. The new provisions will not apply to projects currently undergoing the approval process.

www.pv-magazine.com

 

[BRB John]

Good I guess?
I would of banned it from productive land personally...
Not particularly helpful for the electrification transition either...

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Good I guess?
I would of banned it from productive land personally...
Not particularly helpful for the electrification transition either...

Round these parts only grade 3 b and worse can get it.

Several been thrown out as grade 2

 

[crashbox]

Round these parts only grade 3 b and worse can get it.

Several been thrown out as grade 2

Probably sensible?

Especially when compared to other more "human" factors for which solar is thrown out by planning, e.g. spoiling the view.

 

[BRB John]

Round these parts only grade 3 b and worse can get it.

Several been thrown out as grade 2

Too right. Certainly in Scotland grade 2 land should be protected against everything but farming.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Probably sensible?

Especially when compared to other more "human" factors for which solar is thrown out by planning, e.g. spoiling the view.

Yes I agree, mostly as have no grade 2 land

No right to a view in planning terms but they like things like flooding to get in the mix!

 

[Still Farming]

ALC got to be 3b atleast now here apparently too.

Why they don't put on Common land we never now.
Millions of acres??

 

[teslacoils]

Too far from a decent grid connection, maybe.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Or the legal headache

 

[maen]

Interesting that Italy stopping solar Farms. I also read elsewhere that Argentina is about to start fracking for Oil and gas on a massive scale, all of which will exported. Meanwhile we are in the opposite mode of denial.

 

[Exfarmer]

Interesting that Italy stopping solar Farms. I also read elsewhere that Argentina is about to start fracking for Oil and gas on a massive scale, all of which will exported. Meanwhile we are in the opposite mode of denial.

Italy have gone big on pannelling over public spaces such as car parks, but they would not find it difficult to find land totally unsuited to farming to place panels

 

[teslacoils]

Nice day today. Solar producing 15 percent of our electric.

Shame we are importing twenty percent of our needs.....

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Italy have gone big on pannelling over public spaces such as car parks, but they would not find it difficult to find land totally unsuited to farming to place panels

Due to their chronic droughts, the HEP’s are running at minimal capacity so I’m a bit suprised.

Two summers ago they were lacking both water and electric, not great

 

[teslacoils]

Could put loads of solar in on the poorer ground and use the reservoirs for irrigation of higher value crops....

 

[DaveGrohl]

Interesting that Italy stopping solar Farms. I also read elsewhere that Argentina is about to start fracking for Oil and gas on a massive scale, all of which will exported. Meanwhile we are in the opposite mode of denial.

We seriously need to think about kidnapping Milei and installing him here whilst knocking down the Houses of Parliament.

 

[steveR]

We seriously need to think about kidnapping Milei and installing him here whilst knocking down the Houses of Parliament.

I see Starmer and Co are looking at replicating Norway's, National Wealth Fund (or whatever it is called. The green idiots forget that the reason Norway is so wealthy is from Oil and Gas sales.....

I wonder how long before it is realised (remembered) we are still sitting on vast carbon fuel reserves....?

 

[DaveGrohl]

I see Starmer and Co are looking at replicating Norway's, National Wealth Fund (or whatever it is called. The green idiots forget that the reason Norway is so wealthy is from Oil and Gas sales.....

I wonder how long before it is realised (remembered) we are still sitting on vast carbon fuel reserves....?

They’re like Matt Lucas in a wheelchair. I want that one.

 

[teslacoils]

I see Starmer and Co are looking at replicating Norway's, National Wealth Fund (or whatever it is called. The green idiots forget that the reason Norway is so wealthy is from Oil and Gas sales.....

I wonder how long before it is realised (remembered) we are still sitting on vast carbon fuel reserves....?

I dont see any reason why the state shouldnt invest in domestic renewables tbh.

Might buck them up to get some passed.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Planning policy in UK is now mostly the same - 3b grade land or below.

That said these rules may get in the way of our new Government’s plans so who knows if this will change!

 

[lloyd]

Planning policy in UK is now mostly the same - 3b grade land or below.

That said these rules may get in the way of our new Government’s plans so who knows if this will change!

Those fast tracked solar approvals the other week were
Partly on better land were they not?