The Associació Catalana de Comunitats de Regants (Acatcor) and the Catalan branch of the Unión Española Fotovoltaica (Unefcat) have unveiled a joint proposal in the Catalan Parliament designed to reconcile agricultural irrigation with the expansion of solar energy.
Presented before the Commission of Rural Agenda, the initiative is framed as a consensual solution following the collapse of Decree Law 12/2025, which was meant to regulate renewable energy deployment. The two organisations stressed the urgency of aligning energy transition policies with agricultural sustainability.
‘Catalonia must move towards a renewable, fair and distributed energy model, while also preserving and strengthening its irrigation systems,’ the proposal states. Irrigated agriculture is described as vital to food sovereignty, farm competitiveness and regional cohesion.
The document, already shared with parliamentary groups, is intended to reopen the debate on renewables with a basis of cooperation rather than confrontation. By integrating solar power into irrigation systems, the plan seeks to protect arable land while providing farmers with new energy opportunities and reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
Both associations called for dialogue with the Generalitat and political parties to ensure that agricultural and energy interests are not seen as mutually exclusive but rather as complementary drivers of Catalonia’s future development.
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