According to data from a study 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 classification for photovoltaic energy production and third for “virtuosity,” which measures the ratio of actual energy produced to expected energy production.

“This result reflects a reality already oriented towards the development of renewable sources, which will be further enhanced by the actions we, as the Piedmont Region, have initiated to achieve European targets by 2030,” comments Matteo Marnati, Regional Minister for the Environment and Energy. “This includes the approval, on March 15, of our Regional Environmental Energy Plan, which is structured around four fundamental areas: 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 support the development of energy communities.” “This model,” adds the minister, “will allow us, alongside achieving the goals set by the 2030 Agenda, to also achieve as much energy autonomy as possible.”

Energy communities are a strong point of regional policy: Piedmont was the first region to start this initiative, being the first in Italy to approve a dedicated regional law. Since December 2020, provisions and incentives for developing collective self-consumption systems from renewable sources have been in effect, 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 minister, “this data demonstrates our Region’s significant capacity to invest in photovoltaics: we are only at the beginning of a path that will lead us to triple this figure by 2030.