Public consultation: Acceleration zones for renewable energy production
September 4, 2024
đź“ť Consultation from 19/08 to 09/09
The commune is giving everyone the opportunity to have their say on the ZAEnR proposals. Public consultation has been extended until 15/09/2024.
📤 If you have any comments, please send an e-mail to urbanisme@valdisere.fr
In 2020, on a national scale, Renewable Energies (RE) represented 19% of our final energy consumption, instead of the 23% expected by the European Union. At the time, France was the only country not to meet its target.
Law no. 2023-175 of March 10, 2023 on the acceleration of renewable energy production, known as the APER law, aims to accelerate and simplify projects for the installation of energy producers and to meet the challenge of local acceptability. Its aim is to remove obstacles to the deployment of renewable energy projects, and help France catch up.
Article 15 calls on local authorities to define, by deliberation of their municipal councils and following public consultation (in accordance with procedures freely determined by them), acceleration zones where they wish to see renewable energy projects set up as a matter of priority (acceleration zones for the establishment of land-based renewable energy production facilities and their associated works, ZAEnR).
They can involve all types of renewable energy, including hydroelectricity, wind power, biogas, wood energy, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, geothermal energy, heating networks, etc.
This does not mean that a project will necessarily be developed there, or that renewable energy projects cannot be developed elsewhere.
Projects located in ZAEnRs will thus be able to benefit from financial incentives and simplified administrative authorization procedures. This does not, however, guarantee authorization. In all cases, the project must comply with current regulations, particularly in terms of town planning.
Zones are defined for each category of renewable energy source and type of facility, taking into account the need for energy diversification, the potential of the territory concerned and the amount of renewable energy capacity already installed. (L141-5-3 of the French Energy Code).