Land availability in renewable energy projects: the preliminary agreement in the authorization process
Land availability in renewable energy projects: the preliminary agreement in the authorization process
Curated by JD Andrea Campiotti
In Italy, developing a renewable energy projects no longer requires immediate ownership of the land on which the project will be constructed. A preliminary agreement (contratto preliminare), once registered and recorded, is generally sufficient to evidence the prospective acquisition of ownership or another real right of enjoyment – most commonly a surface right (diritto di superficie) – over the site.