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    Italy bans PV from agricultural land

    The Italian government has issued a new decree to completely ban solar from agricultural land.

    The Italian government has issued a new decree that prohibits the deployment of large-scale solar plants on productive agricultural land. The final aim of the decree is to “avoid desertification” of Italian agricultural land.

    The government said it will still be possible to continue producing energy in quarries, mines, areas under concession to the state railway, areas under concession to airport concessionaires, areas protecting the motorway strip, and areas inside industrial plants, among others.

    Italian agricultural association Coldiretti welcomed the move to halt speculation by large investment funds, which has been putting agricultural production at risk. It has long called for the allocation of suitable areas for ground-mounted PV.
 
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