Question 10543 — energy and fuels

Summary

Ms. Constance de Pélichy draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature on the visual insulation of the surroundings of Voltaic solar parks. On December 9, 2022, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Energy Transition as well as the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion transmitted to the regional prefects (DRAC and DREAL) instructions relating to the procedures for requesting authorization and monitoring the work to install solar panels. It is now established that the installation of photovoltaic panels around a building, in a courtyard or garden, a remarkable heritage site or near historic monuments, is subject to the submission of a prior authorization request. including the agreement (“compliant” opinion) of the architect of buildings in France, responsible for ensuring respect for the public interest attached to heritage, architecture, the natural or urban landscape, the quality of the work and their harmonious insertion into the surrounding environment. In the interests of consistency and preservation of landscapes, it could be considered to extend this system to all panel installations. solar, regardless of their location. This equipment, by its artificial and repetitive nature, can in fact generate visual pollution whose impact on the quality of the sites cannot be neglected. Their integration could be improved by the installation of concealment devices, such as grassy embankments or plant screens, which would help to reduce their visibility. Such arrangements would present, in addition, the advantage of promoting the maintenance and development of local fauna and flora, thus reinforcing the ecological dimension of these projects. Therefore, she asks him what measures the Government intends to put in place to visually isolate the surroundings of the voltaic parks.

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