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Parallel Events Programme

- Tuesday 27 September 2022, 08:30 - 10:00 -

The Power of Many -

Renewable energy communities, cooperatives, crowdfunding and prosumers: best practices for the mitigation of the climate emergency and for fostering energy independency and democracy

Jointly organised with the Citizen Committee

The workshop “Power of Many” will provide best practices to involve citizens in the production of clean electricity through the following applications of the photovoltaic technology:

  • Photovoltaic cooperatives and communities
  • Crowdfunding for photovoltaic projects
  • Aggregation of photovoltaic prosumers

These applications have in common the denominator of the “Power of Many” to highlight how collectives of citizens can ensure energy independence and democracy, and, at the same time, contribute at the mitigation of global warming towards a clean energy transition. The “Power of Many” workshop is organized in the framework of the European Project SocialRES: www.socialres.eu

Programme

8:30 - 8:35
Welcome
Overview of the European project SocialRES and of the concept of “The Power of Many”
Silvia Caneva, WIP - Renewable Energies, SocialRES Project Coordinator

8:35 - 8:50
Climate emergency: how citizens can contribute to its mitigation. The example of the energy cooperative ènostra
Gianluca Ruggieri, Researcher at University of Insubria, co-founder of the Renewable Energy Cooperative ènostra

8:50 - 9:05
The revolution of renewable energy communities: a new era for a sustainable and local energy production?
Marco Pezzaglia, Founder and Principal of Energy Professionals Group, Visiting Professor at University Luiss Guido Carli of Rome and at Politecnico of Milan

9:05 - 9:20
The Lugaggia self-consumption innovation community: a concrete example on how the aggregation of photovoltaic prosumers can make energy independence possible
Paolo Rossi, Business Consultant, Former CEO of the utility and distribution system operator Azienda Elettrica Ticinese and Azienda Elettrica di Massagno

9:20 - 9:35
Crowd-funding for energy democratization and supporting the development of local energy communities
Niccolò Sovico, Cofounder and CEO of the Renewable Energy Platform ENER2CROWD

9:35 - 9:50
Renewable energy communities as a tool for a just energy transition: challenges and opportunities from the first Italian experiences
Daniela Patrucco, Journalist for QualEnergia.it, co-founder of Energy4Com coop innovative start-up

9:50 - 10:00
Questions and answers Conclusions
All Speakers
Silvia Caneva, WIP - Renewable Energies, SocialRES Project Coordinator

10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break and networking with the speakers



This information will be updated constantly.

Speakers

Silvia Caneva, WIP - Renewable Energies, SocialRES Project Coordinator

Silvia Caneva is senior project manager at WIP Renewable Energies, based in Munich, Germany. She has a background in environmental engineering and energy resources management. She has been working since 15 years in the environment and energy sector mainly in European projects financed by the European Commission starting with the photovoltaic technology, then smart grids and focusing at the time being on social innovation for the energy sector. She is the coordinator of the European SocialRES project, which aims at investigating how citizens participation in renewable energy projects can be enhanced through social innovation.

Gianluca Ruggieri, Researcher at University of Insubria, co-founder of the Renewable Energy Cooperative ènostra

Gianluca Ruggieri, environmental engineer, is assistant professor in Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences of University of Insubria (Varese, Italy). He took part in several European projects and in countless local initiatives for the promotion of energy sustainability. He is one of the founding members of ènostra, the main Italian renewable energy cooperative including 10.000 members. His main research interests include end use energy efficiency policies and technologies, building materials and building physics, community energy.

Marco Pezzaglia, Founder and Principal of Energy Professionals Group, Visiting Professor at University Luiss Guido Carli of Rome and at Politecnico of Milan

Marco Pezzaglia is founder and principal of Energy Professionals Group, which provides professional and strategic advisory services in the energy sector. He’s graduated in electrical engineering and began his career in “Centro elettrotecnico sperimentale italiano” (CESI) dealing with issues related to the liberalization of the electricity system. He was Head of the Electrical Networks and Head of the Renewable Sources, Energy Production and Environmental Impact of the Italian “The Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas”. Marco Pezzaglia is Visiting Professor at University Luiss Guido Carli of Rome and at Politecnico of Milan. Marco performs professional and strategic advisory services in the energy sector, specifically on the major green economy associations, with particular relevance to the technical and regulatory issues of renewable energy communities.

Paolo Rossi, Business Consultant, Former CEO of the utility and distribution system operator Azienda Elettrica Ticinese and Azienda Elettrica di Massagno

Paolo Rossi has been a corporate executive for many years, including CEO of Azienda Elettrica Ticinese (1999-2007) and Azienda Elettrica di Massagno (2015-2021). Dr Rossi trained at the Università Statale di Milano and has completed several PGs in energy and economics. Dr. Rossi has extensive experience in managing companies and defining business strategies, especially in the field of energy and consulting where he has successfully acted both in Switzerland and abroad. Currently, Dr. Rossi works as a business consultant, primarily accompanying investors and companies along the challenges of energy transition, sustainability and smart grids.

Niccolò Sovico, Cofounder & CEO of the Renewable Energy Platform ENER2CROWD

Niccolò Sovico is graduated in Energy and Nuclear Engineering from the University of Turin. He attended an internationalization program in the United States at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he came into contact with a different reality, aimed at innovation and with a unique entrepreneurial mindset. After working in an Energy Service Company, co-founded Ener2Crowd, the first lending crowdfunding platform in the energy sector, opening up to citizens a market that had until now remained accessible to few stakeholders from the industrial sector. In 2020 I was named one of Italy's top 100 young innovators under 30 in the energy sector by Forbes.

Daniela Patrucco, Journalist for QualEnergia.it, co-founder of Energy4Com coop innovative start-up

Daniela Patrucco is a publicist journalist in the energy sector and collaborates with several newspapers. She holds a degree in sociology of environment and territory. She is strongly involved in research, and civic activism related to corporate social responsibility, environmental participation and conflict, and the relationship between science and society. She was vice president of an energy cooperative and is co-founder and member of the board of directors of Energy4Com, a coop innovative start-up in the energy field aiming at the implementation of renewable energy communities’ projects.