Project Description

INSTA – Serveis Jurídics Ambientals has collaborated in the preparation of the report for Greenpeace Spain, assuming the review and legal contrast of the work, which has been led by Eudemon Project. The document focuses on how to strengthen public participation and move towards a fairer distribution of benefits in wind and photovoltaic projects on land in Spain.

The study is framed in a moment of territorial planning in the EU, with the definition of acceleration zones, and emphasizes that the streamlining of permits should not be done at the expense of reducing democratic guarantees of information and participation.

Methodologically, the report combines regulatory review, case analysis and a survey answered by people from different autonomous communities; in addition, its conclusions were contrasted in a working day.

Among the results, it is identified that there is no clear regulation that specifies participation in each project or that establishes an obligation for economic return to the territory, and mechanisms such as an initial informative public hearing, deliberative sessions in key phases, multi-channel dissemination and real-time digital public records are proposed.