"Renewable and solidarity energy community" for the Madonie Park: an opportunity for the enhancement of 26 sicilian municipalities

Abstract

The study aims to highlight how the Investment Program in favor of Sicilian municipalities is actually starting the establishment of REC. Their birth today can be faster with the approval of the new directive that the European Council approved on 9 October 2023: the RED III (Renewable energy directive). It is a further step towards simplifying and speeding up bureaucratic procedures and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Will be illustrated studies on the establishment of energy community “Blue green energy” of Blufi, one of the municipalities of the Madonie Park beneficiaries of contributions from the Sicilian Region. The goal is to promote the use of technical and compatible solutions for renewable energy and the right to share, among all those who want to establish a REC, the energy self-produced by the community. The reduction of bureaucratic time will allow new possible constitutions of communities of self-consumption for the Madonie Park. It is hoped that the observations produced by this study may be useful for improving the regulatory aspects and for enhancing, creating smart villages, the 26 municipalities of the Madonie Park.