"Cdra Achieves Landmark Victory in Environmental Protection and Renewable Energy Case in Sicily"

**Law Firms Involved:** Cdra, represented by partners Carlo Comandè and Enzo Puccio, assisted in a significant legal victory. **Transaction Description:** Cdra achieved an important ruling before the Administrative Justice Council for the Sicilian Region (Cgars) with a decision that establishes key principles regarding environmental protection and the promotion of renewable energy sources. Specifically, in ruling no. 803/2025, the Cgars fully reformed the first-instance ruling and annulled a negative VIA Decree that had expressed environmental incompatibility concerning a project for the construction of a wind farm of approximately 30MW. The ruling annulled the VIA Decree and the advisory opinion of the Superintendency for Cultural Heritage, as the administrations had only issued negative opinions on the entire project despite the identified issues being limited to a few wind turbines. Furthermore, the ruling allowed the economic operator to propose alternative technical solutions. Additionally, the ruling annulled Article 3 of the D.P.R.S. dated October 10, 2017, which classified all areas with cultural and landscape assets as unsuitable for the construction of renewable energy plants. The appellate judges noted that this regulation had broadly identified significant portions of the regional territory as unsuitable for the construction of electricity production plants from renewable sources without adequately assessing and distinguishing the varying levels of protection for environmental, cultural, historical, and artistic values, thereby establishing a "generalized prohibition" that conflicts with national and European regulatory principles. **Lawyers Involved:** - Carlo Comandè, Partner - Enzo Puccio, Partner Both lawyers are associated with the practice area of Administrative Law.

"Cdra Achieves Landmark Victory in Environmental Protection and Renewable Energy Case in Sicily"

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