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Environmental Sustainability in Vineyards under a Protected Designation of Origin in View of the Implementation of Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plants

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  • Irene Arias-Navarro

    (Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Research and Innovation Center (CIAGRO), Department of Agro-Environmental Economics, Higher Polytechnic School of Orihuela, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Carretera Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain)

  • Francisco José Del Campo-Gomis

    (Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Research and Innovation Center (CIAGRO), Department of Agro-Environmental Economics, Higher Polytechnic School of Orihuela, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Carretera Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain)

  • Asunción M. Agulló-Torres

    (Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Research and Innovation Center (CIAGRO), Department of Agro-Environmental Economics, Higher Polytechnic School of Orihuela, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Carretera Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain)

  • África Martinez-Poveda

    (Agro-Food and Agro-Environmental Research and Innovation Center (CIAGRO), Department of Agro-Environmental Economics, Higher Polytechnic School of Orihuela, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Carretera Beniel, Km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain)

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Environmental sustainability is a fundamental asset in the development of all agricultural policies within the European Union. However, its practical application is finding important incompatibilities between several of its objectives, such as the preservation of the landscape and action against climate change, through the exploitation of renewable energies systems. Indeed, Spain and its viticulture under PDOs are facing an exponential dilemma: the change in use of agricultural wine grape producing land to install solar panels for renewable energy generation. Therefore, this study aims to provide an assessment of the community where the Alicante PDO is based, on the environmental sustainability of its vineyards in view of the implementation of photovoltaic solar energy plants, and to identify an optimal and socially sustainable design. Online research techniques ensuring anonymity were used, achieving a valuation of the quality of the wine-growing landscape and its associated cultural heritage in the territory of the of Alicante PDO. However, as the importance of solar energy generation is also valued, the preferred alternative would be a limited combination of use and design to maintain the wine-growing landscape. These terms should be reflected by competent administrations when authorizing future installations in the Alicante PDO.

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  • Irene Arias-Navarro & Francisco José Del Campo-Gomis & Asunción M. Agulló-Torres & África Martinez-Poveda, 2023. "Environmental Sustainability in Vineyards under a Protected Designation of Origin in View of the Implementation of Photovoltaic Solar Energy Plants," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-25, October.
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