“A result that reflects a reality already focused on the development of renewable energy sources, which will be further enhanced by the actions we, as the Piedmont Region, have initiated to achieve the European targets for 2030,” commented Matteo Marnati, Piedmont’s Regional Councillor for Environment and Energy.

“Starting with the approval of our Regional Energy and Environmental Plan on March 15, which is based on four key areas: development of renewable energy sources, reduction of energy consumption, development of the green economy, and the definitive establishment of a distributed generation model that will particularly promote the growth of energy communities. This model,” the councillor added, “will not only help achieve the goals set by the 2030 Agenda but also move us closer to energy autonomy.”

Energy communities are indeed a strong point of the regional policy: Piedmont was the first region to start this initiative, being the first in Italy to pass 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 four areas of the region. “While we await the release of the decree for the establishment of energy communities,” concluded the councillor, “this data demonstrates our Region’s great capacity to invest in photovoltaics: we are only at the beginning of a journey that will see us triple this figure by 2030.”