An ETS for the implementation and management of C.E.R.S.
Politecnico di Milano among founding members of CER.ca.Mi Solidale association
Following the approval of the City Council and the green light from the Municipal Administration, in the coming weeks an association with ETS (Entity of the Third Sector) status will be established for the creation and management of the first Renewable Energy and Solidarity Community in the city, promoted by the City of Milan.
The association CER.ca.Mi Solidale – an acronym for Renewable Energy Community and Active Citizenship Milano Solidale – will have as founding members, in addition to the City of Milan, Politecnico di Milano, Abitare Società Cooperativa, Associazione Terzo Paesaggio Ets and Diapason Cooperativa Sociale a.r.l. onlus; with this establishment, the first territorial configurations of the Energy Community will start, covering the areas of Città Studi, Bovisa, Niguarda-Affori and Chiaravalle, and in the future can be extended to the entire city, in accordance with the perimeters of the primary substations available on the GSE website.
CER.ca.MI Solidale will operate in the Milan area with the aim of promoting the production, sharing and self-consumption of renewable energy, which can contribute to decarbonization and also generate economic benefits that can be used to implement projects in and for the areas, mainly of a social nature.
I hope that this additional and important building block for the creation and management of ESRBs can be a driving force for the increasing spread in the city of Energy Communities, which are a strategic tool both from an environmental point of view, to achieve some of the objectives of the Air Climate Plan, which aims at a more widespread use of eco-sustainable energy, and from a social point of view, because they can reduce energy poverty and strengthen the social cohesion of the areas where they are developed.
Elena Grandi, Councillor for the Environment and Green Areas of the City of Milan
While extended to the entire city perimeter, CER.ca.MI will first see the four configurations activated in the Bovisa, Chiaravalle, Città Studi and Niguarda-Affori neighborhoods. Already in 2025, CER.ca.MI Solidale will be able to count on about 2.000 kWp of photovoltaic systems that will be installed and activated by Politecnico di Milano, as envisaged in its Strategic Sustainability Plan.
Politecnico di Milano researches, teaches and accomplishes the energy transition. And it has defined a decarbonization strategy based on actions conducted in synergy with the socio-economic context in which it operates. The construction of photovoltaic plants, the use of their energy and the sharing of excess energy with CER.ca.Mi citizens are among the most important initiatives, because they make decarbonization a bridge connecting the Politecnico campuses and the surrounding urban fabric.
Mario Motta, Rector’s Delegate for Energy Transition.
The goal in the first phase of CER.ca.MI’s life is twofold: to attract new producers to make their energy available to the ESRB and to activate territories, transforming them into catalysts for social cohesion and a sense of community belonging.
The initiative will be presented as part of the Milano Green Week on Saturday, September 28, at 10:30 a.m. at Politecnico di Milano (Aula De Donato, Edificio 3, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32) in a dedicated event that will be an opportunity to illustrate the governance structure and management mechanisms that have been defined by the ESRB’s promoter working table. The event will also be useful to open the dialogue with the territory, initiating the process of joining the ESRB, which will be open to citizens, entities and businesses, and which will coordinate its initiatives with those of the Energy Desk of Milan City Council.
