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BRAN Florina, IOAN Ildiko and RADULESCU Carmen Valentina FAMP
EUROPEAN POLICIES WITH IMPACT ON TERRITORIAL PLANNING CCASP

? Investments for reducing coastal erosion;

? Improving response capacity in situation of emergence by developing professional services,
including volunteers too.
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Reducing the emission of greenhouse gases in all sectors involves promotion of the use of renewable
energy sources. Wind and solar energy are the most important forms to be developed, but the power
plant for this energy sources are using large areas and this type of use could hinder the possibilities for

other uses. This aspect should be carefully considered especially in the case of solar power, since the
presence of photovoltaic panels. The largest solar projects cover areas of hundreds of hectares, each
unit of power being produced in 1-3 hectares of land. The most intensive use of land in photovoltaic

projects is recorded in EU’s largest project of this type – Ferme solaire de Cestas. Figure 5 presents the
situation of production capacity (in megawatts) and compared with the area covered by the largest solar

projects in Europe. Excepting the project mentioned above, the rest of the projects are located in Spain.

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FIGURE 5 - THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECTS IN EU
Source: Solar Power Europe data
Further, production of biofuel raw materials like corn, rapeseed oil withdraws land from food crops. It is

also important to take in account the fact that most of the so called energy crops are very intensive users
of minerals from soil and high yields will necessitate to apply intensive technologies that use large
amounts of fertilizers and pesticides with the potential to create harmful effects on the fertility of soils and

to diffuse as pollution through surface and ground water. At EU level it is estimated that 1.0-1.5 million
hectares could be considered for energy crops.

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