ARCA charges the PTI with "excessive permissiveness" in rural areas with photovoltaic panels.

PalmARCA has criticized the Consell de Mallorca's Island Territorial Plan (PTI) for being "excessively permissive" regarding the installation of large photovoltaic infrastructure on rural land, without establishing "sufficiently serious criteria regarding its necessity, limits, and conditions."

The entity has warned in a statement that this situation could have "serious consequences on an economic, ecological, landscape, and heritage scale," by transforming agricultural and natural land into industrial spaces without adequate planning. "At no point is there any mention of consumption or generation limits, and this is tantamount to giving free rein to the destruction of important parts of our landscape, which is a major economic asset," they stated.

In light of this, ARCA proposes prioritizing the installation of renewable energy in industrial estates, parking lots, commercial facilities, and the Administration's own infrastructure. They also demanded the express exclusion of areas such as preferential agricultural holdings, all natural areas, and all protected rural land, as well as transitional areas.

ARCA also calls for the protection of all areas with archaeological, ethnological, cultural, or historical value, whether officially declared or not. They also propose a series of conditions for developers and owners of solar installations, such as "a bond or guarantee" to cover the removal of obsolete elements, soil decontamination, and potential effects on health and the acoustic environment.

They also demanded a written commitment to "return the property to its natural state when they stop producing energy" and to not use "drinking water to clean the solar panels." ARCA also calls for stricter regulation of Landscape Integration Studies (LIS), which should serve to protect not only already declared assets but also "assets and areas that, due to their history, public observation, and natural configuration, make them worthy of protection." These studies, they add, should be subject to public information and municipal reporting.

Finally, they call for "the elimination of the promotion or facilitation of renewable wind energy from large wind farms or rows of windmills" and also warn of the landscape impact of this type of infrastructure. According to ARCA, the energy transition is "necessary" and they do not question it, but they consider that "it is being carried out in a disorderly manner, with the economic gains of developers prevailing over general interests." Therefore, they conclude that it is urgent to protect "the landscape, agricultural land, and cultural and heritage assets" against planning that, in their opinion, "is late, poorly planned, and insufficient."