This paper focuses on the scope of the presumption of overriding public interest referred to renewable energy power plants and infrastructures, recently implemented in art. 3 of Legislative Decree n.190/2024, in light of the first administrative and jurisprudential cases. This paper specifically seeks to find out if and how the mentioned presumption can be applied directly in administrative permit-granting procedures, without needing additional actions from lawmakers or planners, to determine if this presumption has led to the establishment of a tyrant interest or if it can logically fit within the framework of EU and national law.
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