Italian renewables enterprise Enel Inexperienced Energy has inaugurated a 17-MW photo voltaic farm within the Emilia-Romagna area, northern Italy, a challenge it says received overwhelming assist from native communities due to the corporate’s crowdfunding marketing campaign.
The Malvezzi photo voltaic farm is positioned within the municipality of Poggio Renatico on an about 22-hectare web site. It’s divided into 4 contiguous sections, which collectively host over 30,000 bifacial photo voltaic modules.
Malvezzi is anticipated to generate some 25 GWh of electrical energy per yr, Enel Inexperienced Energy stated.
In October 2021, the agency launched a web based crowdfunding initiative known as Scelta Rinnovabile, or Renewable Alternative, and invited native communities to put money into the challenge with an quantity of their selection.
Numerous Poggio Renatico residents invested earlier than the chance was prolonged to all residents throughout Italy. Enel Inexperienced Energy didn’t say how a lot cash was raised by way of crowdfunding.
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