The Malvezzi Photo voltaic Park is now operational in Poggio Renatico, Italy, within the province of Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna), because of the web crowdfunding initiative Scelta Rinnovabile (Renewable Alternative) promoted by Enel Inexperienced Energy.
The opening ceremony of the brand new plant, which can help the nation’s vitality transition with a capability of round 17 MW, was attended by Stefano Bonaccini, president of the Emilia-Romagna Regional Authorities, Nicola Lanzetta, director of Italy at Enel Group, and Daniele Garuti, mayor of Poggio Renatico.
The photo voltaic farm consists of greater than 30,000 modules. It would produce roughly 25 GWh every year, making it potential to keep away from the annual emissions of 11,000 tons of CO2 into the ambiance and the consumption of 5.4 million cubic meters of gasoline, changing it with regionally produced renewable vitality.
The system is made up of 4 contiguous sections and options bifacial modules that soak up vitality from each side of the photo voltaic panel, that are mounted on photo voltaic trackers that comply with the motion of the solar, thereby optimizing vitality manufacturing.
Launched in October 2021 and geared toward getting native communities concerned in creating inexperienced vitality within the areas the place new renewable vitality crops are being constructed, the Scelta Rinnovabile program has attracted large help, with numerous residents of Poggio Renatico collaborating within the on-line fundraising marketing campaign.
Those that participated have been initially requested to freely select how a lot they needed to speculate, in accordance with their preferences, and benefited from a price of return on financing plus compensation of invested capital. The fundraising marketing campaign to construct the photovoltaic energy plant on this municipality within the Emilia-Romagna area was later prolonged to all residents throughout the nation and ended efficiently because the goal was met inside just some hours.
“The growing use of renewables is a strategic lever for Italy’s independence and vitality safety, along with benefiting the surroundings and the native areas,” says Nicola Lanzetta, director of Italy at Enel Group. “We’ve a tangible instance of this right here in Poggio Renatico, by way of the Scelta Rinnovabile initiative, residents had the chance to actively contribute to the development of the brand new plant and to play a component within the vitality transition.”
