Cost-Effective Shared Renewable Energy: First Solar Community in Cesena

The cost of shared renewable energy is less. And this, in a time when lips are nightmares, is good news. In this regard, the first solar community was born in Cesena. Giampiero Piraccini, a warehouse worker and a great interest in renewable energy, talks about it. In fact, he was one of the first to install a photovoltaic system on the roof. “Now everyone is talking about Cers, renewable energy communities – explains Piraccini – but the ancestor of Cers is the Solar Communities created in 2010 by professor Leonardo Setti. the principle is the same: citizens come together in a community, among them someone has a photovoltaic system, others do not do every year by spending 7 billion euros to transport energy from one part of Italy to another If we learn that there is a production, a photovoltaic system, someone else must be ready a few kilometers away, or at least in the area, to take it, waste is greatly reduced”.

In the last few months Giampiero Piraccini has sent about a hundred emails to explain the winning system to associations and public bodies. “We started in February and we are 4 families although 12 of us are members of the Comunità Solari association – continues Piraccini – The obstacle is the 400 euros that must be spent at the beginning. In exchange we get a smartmeter with certificates to access and understand how much renewable energy is available in Cesena a day when there is light, the sun. . everywhere, in supermarkets or at petrol stations It’s a quick way to save and use the energy that someone makes extra and that would otherwise be wasted.”