Mayors of Viladasens and Vilademuls Demand More Participation in Energy Transition

Mayors Xavier Sánchez and Àlex Terés advocate for the inclusion of rural municipalities' reality in renewable energy planning.

Two Catalan mayors in front of a building with solar panels discussing renewable energy plans.
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Two Catalan mayors in front of a building with solar panels discussing renewable energy plans.

The mayors of Viladasens, Xavier Sánchez, and Vilademuls, Àlex Terés, have called for greater involvement of municipalities and the territory in the planning of renewable energy deployment in Catalonia. They made these remarks in an interview published in El Punt Avui, where they defended the need to rethink the current model.

As part of a dossier on renewable energies, Sánchez and Terés, promoters of the Associació de Municipis per a la Reforma del PLATER (Association of Municipalities for the Reform of PLATER), presented their views on the Territorial Sectorial Plan for the Development of Renewable Energies in Catalonia (PLATER). They emphasized that they do not question the energy transition itself, but rather the method of planning its territorial deployment.
The mayors assert that the current model must incorporate the reality of rural municipalities in defining future renewable energy projects, demanding a process with greater local participation. This position has also been recently presented at various debate sessions on renewables and rural areas.
Based on information from the official source: Ajuntament de Viladasens (28/09/2026)