The path that defines, within the EU, the regulatory-legislative framework for the Energy Transition and the Digital Transition is well documented. It starts with the Paris Agreement (confirming that these topics are essential within the broader goal of Sustainability) and extends to the redefinition of the European Green Deal and, more generally, to the RRP (Recovery and Resilience Plan, in Italy known as PNRR) following the Covid and Russia-Ukraine crises.

From a technological standpoint, in terms of policies supporting businesses in Italy, the latest piece is the Transition Plan 5.0, launched by the government in the first quarter of 2024, which became operational both in timing and technical aspects with the recent circular from the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT).

The Transizione 5.0 Plan integrates with the Transizione 4.0 Plan within a broader strategy to support the digital and energy transformation of Italian businesses, with a total budget of 12.7 billion euros for the 2024-2025 period. The plan, with 6.3 billion euros dedicated, aims to facilitate the transformation of production processes to address the challenges of digital and energy transitions, in line with the REPowerEU plan.

Therefore, the Transition Plan 5.0 indirectly serves as a reference for a technological roadmap (allowing the connection between technical concepts and rudimentary points of industrial strategy) and directly as the most up-to-date reference in terms of incentives for the industrial sector. On one side, this is where the interest of the beneficiary companies (the stakeholders of the Tera system) lies, and on the other, Tera's ability and willingness to support them toward the common goal: increasing competitiveness.

What’s Transizione 5.0 Plan

Article 38 of Decree-Law of March 2, 2024, n. 19, converted with modifications by Law April 29, 2024, n. 56, introducing "Further urgent measures for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR)," has established the new Transizione 5.0 Plan, introducing a tax credit for businesses that make new investments from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025, aimed at companies located within the national territory. These investments must involve innovation projects that result in a reduction of energy consumption of the production structure by no less than 3 percent, or alternatively, a reduction in the energy consumption of the processes involved in the investment by no less than 5 percent.

This plan represents an important support tool for Italian businesses, encouraging the adoption of advanced technologies and the reduction of energy consumption.

How it works

The measure consists of an incentive in the form of a tax credit introduced for businesses investing in innovative projects during the 2024-2025 period, conditional on a reduction in energy consumption of at least 3% for the production structure or 5% for specific processes.

The tax credit applies to investments in tangible and intangible assets that support the technological and digital transition of businesses, in line with the "Industria 4.0" model (Annexes A and B to Law 232/2016). This includes software and platforms for the advanced intelligence of plants, such as those developed by Tera, which ensure continuous monitoring and visualization of energy consumption, self-produced, and self-consumed energy, or introduce energy efficiency mechanisms through data collection and processing, including from field IoT sensors (Energy Dashboarding), as well as systems for the self-production of renewable energy, with the exception of biomass.

Incentives are also provided for staff training, up to 10% of investments in capital goods, with a maximum limit of 300,000 euros.

Access procedure

Companies must submit preliminary and confirmation communications through the GSE's IT Platform, using SPID. The terms for submitting project completion communications will be established later. The procedure for accessing the incentive is subject to the submission of an "Ex ante" certification, attesting to the reduction in energy consumption achievable through the planned investments, and an "Ex post" certification, proving the actual realization of the investments in accordance with the ex-ante certification.

Role of Tera

• With the support of specialized partners, Tera offers consulting services to frame the project and handle the bureaucratic aspects (the application for funding).

• With the support of specialized partners, Tera conducts preliminary energy assessments and designs monitoring plans that are functional for post-evaluation energy assessments and, more generally, for the implementation of Energy Dashboarding systems. These systems exceed the minimum requirements, offering advantages in optimizing resource management (Opex and Capex).

• Using IoT Edge Computing devices developed by Tera, connected to sensing devices (from third parties, optionally supplied by Tera), Tera implements IoT systems for real-time energy data monitoring.

• By using field software developed by Tera, integrated into existing corporate IT platforms (ERP, MES, and similar systems) and/or on custom-built platforms (developed by Tera, the beneficiary company's ICT consultants, or Tera's partner companies), business intelligence that characterizes Energy Dashboarding is implemented.

Tera's offering is among the most flexible in the Italian market, covering a wide range of scenarios, from turnkey systems with cloud-based services to the simple supply of IoT Edge Computers (the field controllers, the electronic core of Energy Dashboarding systems), which can be easily integrated into the software already used by companies (standard communication protocols, open operating systems, integration of fiscal electric meter readings, availability of APIs).

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