“We put on the pitch – says the President of the Sicilian Region Renato Schifani – an ambitious regional program in the field of the energy communities in which the municipal administrations of the territory participate, thus placing the avant -garde Sicily on the national scene. After increasing the initial financial capacity of this measure, now let’s move on to the operational phase. We co -propose investments on the energy front that will allow municipalities to obtain important financial return over the years thanks to the construction of these widespread self -consumption systems ».
“Place that in all of Italy at the end of 2024 there were 46 CER ACTIVES – underlines the councilor for the branch Roberto Di Mauro – with the new intervention we aim to activate 150 in Sicily by the end of the program, to make our region the territorial area with the greater diffusion and greater installed power of shared systems. The Energy Department is funded for the spending of European funds from the 2021-27 programming cycle on the front of renewable sources, in line with the EU directives and the national plan for energy and climate. This is the third intervention that we put on the pitch in the field of the Sicilian Ercas of our competence ».
The notice provides for a counter procedure with evaluation, therefore a ranking of the projects presented by the CER, regularly established and in possession of all the requirements of the announcement, in which Sicilian municipal administrations participate. The contribution, with a non -refundance, will be assigned to a maximum extent of 40 percent of the eligible expenses, up to a roof of 420 thousand euros, excluding VAT. The works for the realization of the project cannot be started before the submission of the contribution application.
The projects aimed at carrying out new construction or enhancement of energy production plants powered by renewable sources are admissible, which adhere to the configuration of renewable energy community. They must have a nominal power not exceeding 1 MW, be located in Sicily and in the area underlying the same primary cabin and be connected to the distribution network through the connection points to the latter. They must enter into operation within 24 months from the date of admission to the contribution and in any case no later than 30 June 2027.