FILE PHOTO: Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna unveils the company's new long term strategy, in Maranello
ROME: Italian sports car maker Ferrari says it has signed a deal with Enel’s Enel X to build a one megawatt peak (MWp) solar energy plant next to its Fiorano test track in order to offer green energy to the local community.
The so-called Ferrari Energy Community should be completed by December and is expected to have an annual average production capacity of about 1,500 megawatt hours (MWh).
Local citizens, institutions, commercial activities and factories will also be allowed to link up to the solar plant, Ferrari said.
Ferrari, famous for its prancing horse logo, aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and is planning to unveil its first fully-electric car in 2025.
Its chief executive officer Benedetto Vigna said the solar plant project “can accelerate the process of decarbonisation while reducing the cost of energy for citizens and businesses”.
The Ferrari Energy Community will be the first ever renewable energy community in Italy to be promoted and supported by an industrial company for the benefit of its local territory.
The project envisages the installation of a photovoltaic system of approximately one MWp by December 2023. — Reuters
