One has arrived Important sentence for the future of clean energy in Italy. On 13 May 2025 the Lazio TAR accepted the appeal filed by Anev (National Association of Energy of the Wind) against the ministerial decree of June 21, 2024, which defined the so -called “Suitable areas” for the development of renewable sources plants. A legislation that, according to the association, hindered the growth of the sector, and that now It is partially canceled with sentence no. 9155/2025.
The TAR has in fact canceled paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 7 of the decree. According to the judges, these parts of the text attributed excessive power to the regions in declaring areas “unsuitable” to the development of renewables, effectively transforming them into prohibited areasin open contrast with the principle of proportionality and with the freedom of business protected by the Constitution.
Too much discretion to the regions: now the Mase will have to intervene
With this sentence, the TAR clarifies that the decree new wind or photovoltaic plants. The judges defined the norm incompatible with the national regulatory frameworkprecisely because it ends for hinder the realization of environmental and climatic objectives of Italy and the European Union.
Now the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Safety has 60 days to reformulate the decreetaking into account the indications of the Court. The new text must guarantee clear, homogeneous and binding criteria on a national scaleto prevent each region from acting according to different logics and, often, restrictive to clean energy.
The reactions: “A bitter victory” for Anev, now a real regulatory turning point is needed
For Simone Tognipresident of Anev, this decision is one victory with a bitter taste:
Unfortunately in recent months there has been a regulatory block that has damaged important projects and slowed down the entire sector. We hope this ruling is used as a push to really change things.
Also Legambiente positively commented on the TAR decision, inviting the government to take this opportunity for build a more transparent and coherent governance of the ecological transition.
We must abandon the logic of the vessels and finally focus on a development of renewables guided by solid environmental criteria and not by bureaucratic obstacles.
A sentence that can change the rules of the game
The pronunciation of the Lazio Tar represents An important precedent for the future of renewable energy in Italy. Obliges the ministry to rewrite a rule that risked compromising the race towards climatic neutrality. And puts the regions in front of a crossroads: adapt to a more balanced vision Between the protection of the landscape and the need for decarbonisation, or remain anchored to logics of immobility.
In a historical moment in which Climate change requires courageous choicesthis sentence can – and must – become the starting point for a legislation finally up to the ecological transition.
