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Member States are tightly interdependent, in the energy supply sector as well as
in the fight against environmental damages due to energy uses. In order to pro-
mote the takeoff of renewable energy sources, the European Commission pro-
posed, in the White Paper “Energy for the future: renewable sources of energy”,
an action campaign based on 4 key actions: 1. a wide promotional campaign for
the solar photovoltaic technology leading to strengthen the market in this sector
and to the subsequent fall of prices; 2. a campaign for enhancing wind power
technology, already diffused but in need of economic measures for installation
in distant and off-shore areas; 3. the promotion of biomass use for combined
heat and electricity production; 4. pilot projects for energy supply by integrated
systems able to exploit the local potential of renewable sources.
Moreover, the relevance of RES development is at the core of the EU strategies,
also in the future EU programming period 2014-2020. Climate change is in fact
directly addressed as central in the development of growth strategy “Europe
2020”.
In recent years, this issue, along with compatibility with the landscape in which
plants are placed in, has been experiencing a growing interest within cultural
and scientific debate across Europe. The integration is also addressed by several
EU policies and directives, in particular:
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European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), Postdam, May 1999;
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European Landscape Convention (ELC), Florence, 2000;
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Gothenburg Strategy (Presidency Conclusions, June 15th-16th 2001);
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Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive 2001/42/CE.
ESDP, a document setting common goals for the members’ States’ spatial poli-
cies, implicitly addresses the integration among territorial and energy policies,
