AM-CC opposes using farmland for solar and wind projects

The organization denounces the modus operandi of the Canary Islands Government’s Department of Ecological Transition.

AM‑CC Fuerteventura reiterates its rejection of installing renewable‑energy infrastructure on agricultural land and questions the department’s approach. “Instead of seeking alternatives to the use of agricultural soil, they are opening new avenues for its occupation to the detriment of the primary sector,” the group claims.

The island’s executive branch of the political party reminded readers that the department recently announced the creation of a working group to draft a regulation intended to reconcile farming activity with the installation of photovoltaic plants. In this context, the organization “again expresses its concern over the minister’s insistence on allocating rustic land to uses unrelated to agricultural development. We do not want more ‘zapatas’ in Fuerteventura,” it emphasizes.

“This type of initiative could represent a shift in the territorial model that jeopardizes the protection of agricultural soil and the future of the primary sector on the island,” warned the Assembly of Majorca – Canarian Coalition.

In line with this stance, the party reaffirms its opposition to the indiscriminate application of Article 6 bis of the Electricity Sector Law and to the inclusion of agricultural land within Renewable Acceleration Zones (ZARs). It reiterates the need to prioritise, as a mandatory rule, the installation of renewables on building rooftops and already anthropised spaces such as industrial parks, until their potential is exhausted.

The Assembly also stresses that ZARs merely speed up procedures for energy‑infrastructure projects. “Speed is being applied solely to meet the 58 % renewable‑penetration target, without fostering a genuine energy transition,” they argue.

A clear roadmap is essential for orderly renewable deployment on the island. The party notes that the Cabildo of Fuerteventura is already drafting an island‑wide energy plan, making it the only Canary Island currently pursuing such planning.

“The commitment to renewable energy is firm and unquestionable, but it cannot be pursued at any price,” the organization asserts.

AM‑CC insists that the deployment of these infrastructures must follow a structured plan aligned with the island’s territorial model, and that collaboration with the Cabildo and municipal councils is crucial.

The party criticises the department’s continued push to use rustic land, now through proposals that would allocate large agricultural surfaces—almost 50 % of rustic land—to energy generation for grid export. AM‑CC repeats that “we must not allow the energy transition to become energy speculation.”

Agricultural land, they argue, is strategic for the Canary Islands. “One cannot speak of food sovereignty while promoting industrial installations on cultivated soils,” they contend, adding that the initiative appears driven more by economic interests than by a genuine boost to the primary sector.

Finally, the party defends that energy development in the primary sector should aim at self‑sufficiency for farmers and ranchers, not at turning their farms into market‑oriented energy production platforms.