Renewable CyL: environmental sensitivity MUP

Environmental sensitivity to the installation of wind farms and photovoltaic plants in mountains of public utility (MUP) of Castilla y León. Both Law 43/2003, of 21 November, of Montes, national, and the autonomous Law 3/2009, of 6 April, on mountains of Castile and Leon establish a regime of protection for mountains of public utility. Under this regime, only those activities compatible with the reasons that promoted the declaration of public utility of these mountains and, in any case, compatible with the persistence of the natural values of the mountain are permissible. In this regard, there is a different position for the two types of installations: while the massive occupation of the territory by photovoltaic plants makes it difficult to install them with the persistence of the values that led to the declaration of public utility of the mountain, the installation of wind farms in unobstructed areas of the UP mountains, which do not maintain other values (e.g. the existence of certain habitats or the location of species of interest) and which, in any case, should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, may be compatible with the demaniality of the forest. * The submission of this information does not replace the relevant environmental impact assessment procedures for projects or prejudge the results of the corresponding environmental impact statements, since they are offered only to facilitate an early assessment from the early stages of defining a potential renewable energy project on the condition to a specific space with high environmental sensitivity.