the State prosecuted for “inaction” in favor of renewable energies

A consulting firm specializing in wind and photovoltaic projects has lodged an appeal with the Council of State against the State for its “refusal” concretely accelerate the development of renewable energies. This was announced on Monday, March 6, to AFP by the lawyer of the study office, Me David Deharbe, of the firm Green Law Avocats.

Eolise, an engineering company based in Poitiers, had sent a request to the government in October listing the regulatory measures deemed necessary in particular to speed up the authorization procedures for projects, which are currently slow and complex.

What the appeal asks for

The appeal, filed in February, asks the Council of State to“cancel the implicit refusal opposed to the request” and to enjoin the State to take “all useful measures” to develop renewable energies, assures Me David Deharbe. “The Prime Minister and the Minister for Energy Transition have acknowledged receipt (from the request sent in October), but did not respond. We ask the Council of State to examine this refusal to take regulatory measures.he specified.

Eolise proposes 10 measures, among which the mandatory communication of the mapping of areas favorable to wind power, public awareness or the limitation of the scope of certain summary-suspensions which locally slow down certain projects, via the imposition of “climate emergency” Or “energetic”to speed up projects. For Eolise, “the recent vote by Parliament on the so-called law on the acceleration of renewable energies has confirmed the essential nature of these energies in our energy mix”. But “in a context of climate and energy crisis, this law will not make it possible to develop these energies in France and to achieve the planned objectives”the company said in a statement.