Plenitude and Marelli, a multinational company specializing in the supply of high-tech products and systems for the automotive industry, have signed an agreement for the construction of three photovoltaic plants and an Energy Community. The plants will be located at Marelli’s production sites in Melfi (Potenza), Sulmona (L’Aquila), and Turin, with a total installed capacity of 5.4 MWp. The projects will be carried out under an EPC (Energy Performance Contract) model, allowing Marelli to obtain renewable energy at a fixed cost without any initial investment.
At the Melfi site, Plenitude has also designed an Energy Community for Marelli under the Individual Remote Self-Consumption (AID) configuration(1). The photovoltaic park, with a capacity of 999 kWp will be installed on land owned by Marelli, who will share the energy produced with a neighboring company. Once operational, the plant will benefit from the 20-year state incentives provided for AID, with a portion of the funds allocated, as per regulations, to support social initiatives in the area hosting the plant.
This initiative reinforces Plenitude’s strategy of promoting Energy Communities as a key tool in the transition to a more sustainable and participatory energy system, based on sharing renewable energy locally between producers and consumers.
Plenitude will support Marelli in all phases of the initiative, from the design and construction of the plants to the application for incentives, also providing its technological platform, 'Plenitude Comunità Energetiche,' which will enable the management and monitoring of the AID configuration.
Regarding the production sites in Sulmona and Turin, the photovoltaic plants will have an installed capacity of 4 MWp and 400 kWp, respectively, contributing to potential energy cost savings for these sites.
'We are excited to announce our collaboration with Marelli, a global leader in the automotive sector, and to support them in the challenge of the energy transition with solutions based on a renewable energy-sharing model in which we firmly believe', said Vincenzo Viganò, Head of Retail Italian Market of Plenitude.
'This collaboration with Plenitude marks an important step forward toward Marelli’s sustainability goals and demonstrates that environmental responsibility is at the core of our corporate strategy,' stated Giovanni Vanore, ESG Coordinator of Marelli’s Ride Dynamics business.
1 The remote individual self-consumption configuration using the distribution network involves a single end customer who utilizes energy generated by renewable plants located in nearby areas. This energy is virtually self-consumed at the customer’s designated withdrawal points (source: https://www.gse.it/servizi-per-te/autoconsumo/gruppi-di-autoconsumatori-e-comunita-di-energia-rinnovabile/autoconsumatori-a-distanza)
Source: Plenitude
