The energy transition is above all a cultural transition

ENERGY AND ART

The Expocomfort exhibition conference in Milan has just ended and, from 28 June to 1 July, it presented all the main innovations in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. The Inveco Group also participated in this year’s edition, as sponsor of an artistic initiative that has seen the Perugian company engaged since 2018. Thanks to the commitment of the Inveco Group, in fact, the Jinko Solar stand hosted the last works of the Solar Panel pictorial cycle of the Roman artist Marco Angelini, who for years has been engaged in investigating the relationship between art, energy and sustainability.

THE ENERGY TRANSITION IS ABOVE ALL A CULTURAL TRANSITION

Installing a photovoltaic system is certainly a choice dictated by energy and economic needs, but it is above all a cultural choice. For 15 years now, Inveco has offered its industrial partners the prospect of self-producing electricity from renewable sources and in various situations it is precisely the lack of information and culture that slows the spread of new projects, representing in fact the main barrier to diffusion. It is for this reason that Inveco is very sensitive in supporting initiatives that strengthen trust and awareness in a sector, that of plants from renewable sources, which can finally shake off the prejudices of the past.

THE BIRTH OF THE PROJECT

The combination of art and energy, expressed in Angelini’s works through the integration of old photovoltaic cells on painted canvas, is an invitation to reflect on the problem of sustainability and possible solutions.

“I think an artist works in the same direction as a scientific researcher: he investigates, explores, contaminates. The creative force of Man is, after all, the first energy available. The artist, like the scientist, becomes the one who is able to respond to the need for evolution and change “Marco Angelini

In particular, the idea of ​​this cycle of works on solar panels was born from long conversations between the Roman artist and Eng. Andrea Girelli, business development manager of the Inveco Group, who leads the design and construction of photovoltaic systems in the renewable energy business. It was he who donated the first disused photovoltaic panels with which the first canvases were made. It was the constant commitment of the Inveco Group, then, to encourage and continuously nurture Angelini’s relationship with the Jinko Solar company, which immediately became interested in the project and decided to donate the new photovoltaic cells with which Angelini was able to create. further works.

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND DISPOSAL OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES

Another cornerstone of the pictorial cycle is the fact that even a waste can become a resource, limiting any prejudice on the future disposal of photovoltaic systems, a topic that is highly sought after by public opinion. Hence the idea of ​​taking this project to places not normally intended for artistic dialogue, as happened in the case of the 42nd edition of MCE. The goal is to encourage dialogue: to ensure, in other words, that even through art we talk about energy and environmental sustainability. The reuse of a waste material – and therefore without value – to create something that has a value should make us reflect on the potential of an economic system designed to be able to regenerate itself in a virtuous circle of environmental sustainability.