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- The application of the methodology used assigns 944.4 MW of photovoltaic energy and 180.9 MW of wind energy to the region.
- The different tools and communication channels that the local community will have to make contributions, modifications or queries to the document have also been explained.
The director of the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN), Anna Camp, presented yesterday evening the preliminary results of the Sectoral Territorial Plan for the Implementation of Renewable Energies in Catalonia (PLATER) to representatives of the 22 municipalities of Tarragonès. According to this preliminary version, the region will have to contribute to the country's objectives with 944.4 MW of photovoltaic solar energy and 180.9 MW of wind energy by the year 2050.
The session also served to familiarize municipal representatives with the methodology used to develop the PLATER and the tools that the Government makes available to them so that municipalities can adjust the initial proposal to their reality and preferences.
In the photovoltaic field, Tarragonès will host 380.1 MW in buildings, 93.3 MW in artificialized spaces (such as quarries or disused landfills, for example), and 471 MW in non-artificialized spaces. The power already installed and the authorized or in the process of being finally executed, which currently amounts to 72 MW, will already count towards this objective. In total, the occupation of non-artificialized land for photovoltaic use in the region will amount to 760 hectares, 2.4% of its total surface area. In the wind field, the region will host 180.9 MW.
PLATER, in its preliminary version, includes the generation capacity of the entire country with the aim of each territory contributing renewable energy according to its potential. On the one hand, it calculates the capacity of buildings and artificial spaces as acceleration zones for the implementation of photovoltaic energy, and also the availability for the installation of wind energy. On the other hand, based on a single, homogeneous and valid methodology for the entire country, PLATER has identified on the map of Catalonia those non-urbanizable priority areas for hosting wind farms, on the one hand, and photovoltaic plants, on the other.
During the presentation, in addition to the preliminary results of the PLATER, the methodology used was also explained to the elected officials and all municipalities were invited to participate in the final definition of the document. Previously, the PLATER had already undergone a period of prior consultations in which 358 contributions were received. Once the public information period begins, which will have an extraordinary duration of three months to facilitate the participation of the local community, the municipalities of Tarragonès will be able to present their proposals. Subsequently, once the PLATER has been definitively approved, the municipalities will be able to adapt their urban planning as an instrument to exercise their decision-making capacity when ordering the installation of renewable energies in their territory, always in line with the criteria defined in the PLATER.
For all this work, the director of the ICAEN also explained at the meeting the different tools and channels that municipal representatives will have available to make their contributions, modifications or consultations. Thus, for example, once the PLATER begins the public information period, they will be provided with a cartographic web viewer to know the preliminary results of the PLATER on their municipality and be able to make the relevant proposals.
A territorial planning tool
The PLATER aims to regulate the implementation of renewable energies, mainly wind and photovoltaics, throughout Catalonia, in order to meet the objectives set out in the Energy Outlook of Catalonia 2050 (PROENCAT) so that the country can decarbonise its energy model. To this end, it will become a tool that helps municipalities regulate the installation of renewable energies in their territory.
According to PROENCAT 2050, the decarbonization of the Catalan energy system requires the installation of 62,000 MW of renewable energy by 2050, including those already installed and authorized. The objective is for 14,000 MW to be installed in buildings and artificialized spaces, and the rest must be located in non-artificialized spaces, with an expected land occupation equivalent to 1.2% of the territory of Catalonia. The objective is for PLATER to begin its public information at the beginning of 2026.
Source: Govern.cat