Setting up Renewable Energy Communities in Italian villages

Description

In compliance with EU Dir 2018/2001 (RED-II), that was transposed by Italy and is being transposed by all EU Countries, the City of Magliano Alpi will help Italian and European villages to design and implement Renewable Energy Communities (REC).
Thanks to the early transposition of the RED-II Directive by the Italian Government in March 2020, the City of Magliano Alpi in December 2020 created the FIRST Italian REC, named "Energy City Hall" web site https://cermaglianoalpi.it/), thus the know how is today at an excellence level at technical and administrative level (see also https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/magliano-alpi-peek-energy-communities-future-video-interview-2022-07-08_en).

In February 2024, the REC "Energy City Hall" of Magliano Alpi created a non-profit Association named CONCERNET (www.concernet.it) to cluster Italian and European RECs whose mission is to enhance synergies among RECs and to provide data management by an IoT/AI platform.

Commitment's information

Stakeholder beneficiary(ies)

Activities

Expected Outcomes

1. Participation in Rural Pact Conferences and events
2. The City of Magliano Alpi and the REC "Energy City Hall" will organize an event in Fall 2025 (we hope to cooperate with the European Commission) devoted to Italian cities
3. Start synergies with EU cities and villages
4. Provide pilot sites for EU research projects
5. Start a series of webinars and conference in 2025-2026, hopefully within the Rural Pact

Main results

Number of people

500

Number of projects

10

Final results

1. Create multidisciplinary know-how specifically tailored upon the needs of small rural municipalities
2. Support the design of open-source digital IoT/AI platforms
3. Test innovative renewable energy sources
4. help improve EU regulation
5. Support EU rural cities and villages in energy transition

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