ELESA goes green

Elesa recently signed a contract with A2A - effective from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020, renewable from year to year - to use in its production plant in Monza only electricity from 100% renewable sources, i.e. energy produced through the use of natural resources (water, sunlight, wind, tides, geothermal heat, etc.) which therefore do not involve CO2 emissions (which are instead produced by the combustion of, for example, coal, oil and gas).

Dr. Andrea Bertani, Executive Director - Finance & Administration, explains:

“This supply will have a slightly higher cost but we believe that this and many other efforts must be made by everyone in the world (companies, citizens, governments) to reduce global emissions as soon as possible and bring them to zero within 2-3 decades: this is an objective and a challenge of a difficulty never encountered before by human civilization and which can only be achieved if we all consider it an emergency and behave accordingly."

A2A, the primary Italian national electricity supplier, gives greater priority to hydroelectric energy produced with water from reservoirs located in the Italian Alps not far from the Elesa production site in Monza, as water is also one of the few storable renewable sources.

Water is an element that is continually renewed following its natural cycle and is one of the main alternative resources to fossil fuels for energy production.

A2A's hydroelectric power plants are both flowing water, directly using the flow of a watercourse, and storage, using dams to collect water upstream of the power plants.

A significant part of these plants is located within areas of high naturalistic value such as the Stelvio National Park, which is why A2A operates, on a daily basis, with the awareness that its use is constantly accompanied by correct management and protection and safeguarding activities.

ELESA goes Green!
The signed contract is guaranteed by an official A2A certificate.