According to data from research conducted by Aceper (Association of Consumers and Producers of Renewable Energy) on a sample of over 5,000 photovoltaic systems located in 17 Italian regions, Piedmont ranks first in the production of solar energy and third for “virtuosity,” which refers to the ratio between the actual energy produced and the expected production.

“This result reflects a reality already focused on the development of renewable sources, which will be further enhanced by the actions we, as the Piedmont Region, have initiated to achieve the European 2030 goals,” comments Matteo Marnati, the regional councillor for Environment and Energy. “Starting with the approval, on March 15, of our Regional Environmental Energy Plan, which is based on four fundamental pillars: the development of renewable energy sources, reduction of energy consumption, development of the green economy, and the definitive establishment of a distributed generation model, which will particularly encourage the development of energy communities.”

“This model,” adds the councillor, “will enable us to achieve energy autonomy as much as possible, in parallel with reaching the goals set by the 2030 Agenda.”

Energy communities are a strong point of regional policy: Piedmont was the first region to start this initiative, with the approval, as the first region in Italy, of a dedicated regional law. Since December 2020, provisions and incentives have been in place to develop collective self-consumption systems from renewable sources, and currently, energy communities are being successfully tested in 4 areas of the region.

“While we await the release of the decree for the establishment of energy communities,” concludes the councillor, “this data indeed demonstrates the great capacity of our Region to invest in photovoltaics: we are only at the beginning of a journey that will lead us to triple this figure by 2030.”