The projects affect land in Novelda, Aspe, Monforte del Cid, and Agost. They are currently in the public information phase, along with their environmental impact studies and administrative authorization requests. The deadline for submitting objections is June 25.
The agrarian entity argues that these installations would jeopardize the investments made by farmers in modernization, such as irrigation ponds, hydraulic infrastructure, and localized irrigation systems, often with public support. They also warn of potential negative effects on agricultural employment, table grape marketing companies, and irrigation communities.
La Unió advocates for an orderly development of renewable energies, compatible with agricultural activity. They call for prioritizing energy self-consumption and the installation of solar panels on building roofs, industrial estates, degraded areas, and other non-productive surfaces. They believe the proliferation of large photovoltaic plants on agricultural or forest land adds pressure to rural areas already facing issues of profitability, abandonment, and depopulation.
“"They want to impose large photovoltaic projects on us without any rationality when energy production should be brought closer to large urban and industrial consumption areas, aiming to avoid losses and the impact of long-distance energy transport."
“"It makes no sense to destroy productive agricultural land, which generates employment, wealth, and economic activity in rural areas, to install energy infrastructure that could perfectly well be located in other already transformed zones."
The agrarian organization urges public administrations to defend productive agricultural land and to promote an energy model that balances renewable production with territorial conservation and the continuity of agricultural activity.
