- The EU is asking member states to identify specific zones for the deployment of renewable energies.
- The directive defines these “go-to areas” as a “specific location, whether on land or sea.
- Arnaud Gossement, a lawyer specialising in energy and urban development law, highlighted to EURACTIV France that the authorities already have a method for determining areas, the Regional Planning, Sustainable Development and Equality of Territories Plan (SRADDET) lists of the municipalities that are favourable to the production of wind energy.
Experts question merits of European renewable energy ‘go-to areas’

