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Renewables: projects worth €85 million funded in Sardinia

Over 5,000 applications have been submitted by private individuals to the Regional Authority for support with the installation of photovoltaic systems and energy storage systems

by Davide Madeddu

17 September 2026

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Renewable energy schemes for private individuals have been completely snapped up. Over 5,000 applications and nearly 85 million euros in grants over three years. These are the key figures for the scheme, which provided support to private individuals who chose to install solar panels and energy storage systems.

Ranking list finalised

The Region has, in fact, completed the processing of the list of applicants for incentives aimed at Sardinian households for the installation of photovoltaic systems and energy storage systems. Specifically, a further 4,061 applications have been funded, totalling 64.9 million euros: 2,569 applications in 2026, totalling 39.99 million, and 1,492 in 2027, totalling 24.91 million.

“This result marks the culmination of the process launched with the 2025 Pilot Project,” the Regional Authority emphasises. Of the 6,009 applications submitted in total, the first 1,290 had been funded with 20 million euros in 2025; following the allocation ordered by the Regional Executive, all further eligible applications are now being funded.” No eligible application, the Region stresses, will therefore be left without financial support.

All applications have been funded

“This is the most significant outcome of this initiative,” emphasises Antonio Piu, Councillor for Public Works. “We launched a pilot scheme in 2025 and, given the extraordinary level of participation, we decided to respond to all eligible households. Today we can say that all eligible applications have been funded. The green transition thus becomes a practical tool for tackling energy poverty and bringing about a structural reduction in household expenditure.”

Incentives totalling 84.9 million

In total, between the 2025 pilot scheme and the 2026–2027 roll-out, 5,351 households have received funding, amounting to approximately 84.9 million euros in incentives. “The programme,” the Regional Government adds, “has also had a significant impact on the local production chain: even during the pilot phase, more than 200 businesses were involved, and 87 per cent of the companies concerned were Sardinian.”

The energy and environmental impact is significant: taking into account only the minimum capacity specified in the Notice, the 5,351 projects funded correspond to at least 16 MW of new domestic photovoltaic capacity and approximately 26.8 MWh of storage capacity. ‘Applying the same estimation parameters already used by the Region for the residential sector – 1,300 equivalent hours per year and an average self-consumption rate of 70 per cent – as the regional authorities point out – the potential output amounts to approximately 20.9 GWh of renewable energy per year, of which around 14.6 GWh could potentially be self-consumed by households, resulting in a reduction in electricity drawn from the grid and in electricity bills’. These figures, as the public administrators emphasise, mark an almost epoch-making transition.

Plans for the future

“It is not simply a matter of funding the installation of a system,” continues the councillor, “but of enabling households to make a lasting reduction in their energy bills by generating and storing the energy needed to meet their own consumption. The Region fully covers eligible costs and, at the same time, strengthens a network of qualified businesses spread across the entire region.” The programme goes beyond simply working through the waiting list. A further €27.9 million is earmarked for 2028, “in addition to any savings from previous years, which will be utilised through a new call for applications”. In this new phase, the ISEE threshold is set to rise, and new concessions and incentives are planned for large families and households with members with disabilities. Provision is also made for the possibility of funding higher-capacity systems ‘where it is necessary to power life-saving electro-medical equipment with high energy consumption’.