A day of sun and good wind was the setting for the Calabrian stage of the XXI edition of “Wanting to Italy”, the historic Legambiente campaign that enhances the small Italian municipalities every year. The initiative was sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Safety, Uncem and the Symbola Foundation. The event began with a moment of great participation by the students of the first degree secondary school of the Davoli Comprehensive Institute, protagonists of a guided tour inside the South Wind Park. Accompanied by technicians and operators of the system, the boys were able to observe the turbines closely, to know the functioning of the production of energy from renewable source and ask numerous questions, showing curiosities and lively interest. For many of them it was the first opportunity to see a wind turbine live and understand its importance in combating the climatic crisis. Between smiles, notebooks and shots with cell phones, the enthusiasm was palpable: the visit has turned into a real outdoor lesson on sustainability, leaving in young participants the awareness that the future also passes through the energy choices of the territories in which they live.
The ecological transition represents a concrete response to depopulation, denatality and aging and San Support thus becomes a symbol of a model of svIlluppo replicable in many other small Italian municipalities. It is convinced of this President of Legambiente Calabria, Anna Parrettathat by answering the questions of journalists, he said that “with the Calabrian stage that he loves Italy 2025” we wanted to emphasize that the ecological transition is a concrete process that plays a fundamental role to combat the climatic crisis and its effects and generates new employment opportunities related to the green economy by reversing the depopulation process that heavily involves our region starting from the small municipalities “.” The next years – continues the president of Legambiente Calabria – They will have to be characterized by important installations by renewable sources. Calabria is currently late compared to the new power development objective by renewable sources set by the areas suitable for 3,173 MW and is still a total of the fossil energy. ” “Climate change – continues Parretta – They represent a serious threat that we have to face: Decarbonurize means protecting the environment and also safeguarding our well -being because we are meeting great transformations, just think of water criticality both in the drinkable and irrigation sector and its effects on crops symbol of our land such as olive tree or vine. The future of Calabria is written through renewable energies, with the right governance and programming “.
The south wind farm, with its 79.5 MW of installed power, produces clean energy for about 70,000 families, avoiding the emission of 100,000 tons of CO₂ every year. In addition to representing a virtuous example of energy production from renewable sources, the wind farm of San Supporte has triggered a virtuous circle of local development and social inclusion. Since the construction phase, the economic resources anticipated to the municipal administration have been reinvested in fundamental public works: from the renovation and expansion of the elementary school to the efficiency of public lighting, up to the creation of new social spaces such as a playground and the lighting of a new neighborhood.
“The small municipalities at the center of the ecological transition and the theme of the 2025 edition of loveing Italy – declares Giorgio Gampetti, Director General Legambiente -. The initiative enhances some of the most significant realities among those present in the small Italian municipalities bringing a clear message: the ecological transition is a concrete process that closely touching people, even those that inhabit small villages, where indeed it plays a fundamental role to generate new employment opportunities related to the Green Economy. For this today Legambiente wanted to pay homage to the mayor Luigi Aloisio with a plaque of recognition, underlining his commitment in promoting a vision of sustainable development rooted in the needs and potential of the internal areas. A symbolic gesture that intended to enhance not only the far -sighted administrative choices made by the Municipality of San Supporte, but also the ability to build a harmonic growth model, based on the participation and protagonism of the local community, on the responsible use of resources and environmental innovation. “
“I am fully satisfied – said the mayor of San Supporte, Luigi Aloisio – to have had the national and regional representatives of Legambiente in our wind farm. Their presence, together with that of the technicians of the South Dellica who manages the wind farm of San Supporte, has a profound meaning, as it testifies to the importance of our system and all renewable energy sources. It is not a short time to guarantee the work to about 20 workers in the area in a small municipality, as well as it is relevant that local businesses periodically carry out their maintenance of the road connecting roads to the various turbines. The economic revenues of the Municipality of San Supported as a canon of the surface right of the land occupied by the wind farm and connected works are also to be underlined. About 350,000 euros guarantee the life of life and balance of the budget for a small municipality, which otherwise would not have the opportunity to guarantee public services and works to citizenship. Finally, I do not forget the aids of South Aeolian in the Covid period and its contributions to projects of social importance for the Sansostenese community. I hope that the regional bureaucracy and the false environmentalism of some politicians do not destroy the possibility of having our factories in the south through the exploitation of natural resources. There will still be a lot to fight. However, events such as today give a contribution for correct information on the need to resort to renewable energy sources and offer us the opportunity to believe in a cultural change. Then involve schools gives us an extra gear towards correct environmentalism. “
But it is above all on the employment front that significant repercussions are recorded. A local cooperative, composed of residents of the village, is now responsible for maintenance and internal management of the system, while three construction companies in the area take care of the external roads. A short work chain that demonstrates how the energy transition can also become a lever to generate new qualified employment, linked to the territory and its skills.
“We are happy to have contributed – Niccolò Rossetti, wind business development manager and bess italia nadara – with the wind farm of San Supporte, to the sustainable growth of the territory, supporting concrete initiatives over time for – and with – the Municipality and the community in general. We believe that renewable energies are not only a response to the climatic crisis, but also a local development lever, capable of generating lasting value. More generally, in Calabria we are carrying out a path of listening and investment in the territories, with the aim of combining energy transition and concrete benefits for the communities that host us. “