For the benefit of the rapid deployment of energy from renewable sources and in view of their overall high sustainable and environmental beneficial quality, Member States should, when applying administrative rules or planning structures and legislation which are designed for licensing installations with respect to pollution reduction and control of industrial plants, for combating air pollution, or for the prevention or minimisation of the discharge of dangerous substances in the environment, take into account the contribution of energy from renewable sources towards meeting environmental and climate change objectives, in particular when compared to non-renewable energy installations.
Ar mhaithe le fuinneamh ó fhoinsí inathnuaite a imscaradh go tapa agus i bhfianaise na mbuntáistí móra a bhaineann leo ó thaobh inbhuanaitheachta agus an chomhshaoil de, ba cheart do na Ballstáit, nuair atá rialacha riaracháin nó struchtúir pleanála agus reachtaíocht á gcur i bhfeidhm acu, arna gceapadh le haghaidh suiteálacha ceadúnúcháin i dtaca le truailliú a laghdú agus rialú maidir le gléasraí tionsclaíocha, chun truailliú aeir a chomhrac nós chun scaoileadh substaintí contúirteacha sa chomhshaol a chosc nó a íoslaghdú, ba cheart dóibh cion fuinnimh ó fhoinsí inathnuaite a chur san áireamh i dtaca le cuspóirí comhshaoil agus athraithe aeráide a bhaint amach, go háirithe i gcomparáid le suiteálacha fuinnimh neamh-inathnuaite.