Jesi Community Energies: an all-social energy community promoted by third sector entities
About this good practice
The project of CER Jesi energie di comunità was founded by a group of associations and social cooperatives: Fondazione Centro Servizi Caritas Jesina “P. Oscar” ETS, Italian Red Cross - Jesi ODV Committee, Avis Comunale di Jesi OdV, Legambiente Circolo Azzaruolo, Orto del Sorriso Cooperativa Sociale agricola, Odos Società Cooperativa Sociale, whose project was supported by the Municipality of Jesi and whose partner is BCC Ostra e Morro D'alba Bank
Together with the Municipality of Jesi, responded to a call for funding lounched by Cariverona bank in 2023 that subsidised the establishment of CERs in the national territory. The associations had the opportunity to have resources and assistance to establish and start-up a new CER, where energy becomes a common and shared good, bearing in mind EU and National legislation, the territorial reality and the expectations of organisations.
A notary act stating the establishment of the CER was signed on November 20th 2024.
The project provides for the establishment of two plants, one of the CRI of Jesi of 20 Kwp that has already been built and to be connected and one of the Caritas of Jesi of Kwp. Avis already has a 40 kWp PV system. Several small private plants and some industrial plants of about 100/150 Kwp are planned.
Cariverona and Forgreen covered all the legal, economic, administrative and communication aspects.
A financial partner, the BCC of Ostra and Morra D’Alba Bank, helps facilitating access to credit.
Resources needed
The association is based on volunteering and its employees are all volunteers. Today there are about fifteen active members.
The resources for the activities come from the members who have paid a share capital of 15,000.
Evidence of success
The peculiarity of this CER is that the incentives deriving from the injection into the grid of renewable energy will be devolved for the most part to projects with social purposes to be carried in the territory of Jesi and Vallesina.
A concrete opportunity to contribute personally to the spread of renewable energy, to become protagonists of the energy transition, taking care of our environment and mitigating energy poverty, within a framework of economic sustainability.
Potential for learning or transfer
Energy Communities have the main objective of producing renewable energy, bringing together producers and consumers and networking the clean energy generated by this exchange.
Jesi Community Energies mission is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy model, in which energy is produced and consumed responsibly, with respect for the environment and the community. It is a point of reference for renewable energy production and consumption, promoting awareness and collective action. A community in which energy is a common good, managed in a democratic and participatory way, creating a sustainable development model that generates environmental, social and economic benefits. All citizens are protagonists of the energy transition.
A concrete resource for the territory, aims to make energy a common and shared good by spreading renewable energies, fostering energy transition, taking care of environment, trying to mitigate energy poverty, within a framework of economic sustainability
Further information
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Brochure.pdf
CER Jesi energie di comunità.pdf
Jesi_Energie_di_Comunità_atto_costitutivo_statuto_201124 registrato.pdf
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