Luca D'Apote

Luca D'Apote, born in Milan, Italy, class 74, is a project manager and professional in the Renewables sector.

After a valuable experience in Germany at the Hochschule Koblenz Startseite, he became passionate about renewable sources already strongly convinced of the change taking place, graduated with honors in Architecture and Building Engineering, supported by Prof. Ing. Renato Ricci, and then specialized in the energy sector at the Politecnico di Milano - engineering energy department, with which he will collaborate for three years as a researcher, and thanks to the Master RIDEF.

In Coldiretti since 2007 he has been in charge of the renewable energy sector and the Association le Fattorie del Sole, which represents more than 20 thousand member farms that in recent years have built more than 30 thousand renewable source plants. During this time, he developed projects in the agroenergy sector, from the implementation of individual farm plants (photovoltaic, biogas and biomass) to widespread projects such as the first Energy Community in the agricultural sector > www.energiaagricolaakm0.it.

He has served and is a member of standing committees and advisory boards at the Ministry of Agriculture, Economic Development, GSE, and other entities and bodies aimed at solving critical issues in the Renewable Sources sector. From June 2007 to 2012, he is a member of the Biomass Technical Committee at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Since 2009 he has participated in the technical committee established by the Ministrero of Agricultural Policies and ENAMA under the “Biomass Project.” From 2004 to 2007 he was a member of the European technical group SRS-Scientific Refernce System for New Energy Technologies and Energy End-Use Efficiency.

He is the author of several industry publications and contributes annually to the Annual Green Economy Report.