Co-productive Energy Landscape Project

Borgo Monteruga

Abstract

Assuming that an agricultural landscape is an energetic solar landscape, the article describes the premises and the strategy for the regeneration of Borgo Monteruga in Salento, a region known in ancient times for producing lamp oil. After becoming an agricultural site dedicated exclusively to oil production for food purposes, it is now wholly unproductive due to the spread of Xylella fastidiosa. The absence of unequivocal legislation on agrivoltaics, the presence of regional regulations that do not provide for its application, and the presence of often overabundant and unclear constraints lead the new ownership to appoint a third-party research institution to identify the most appropriate strategy aimed at the economic regeneration of this non-productive landscape. A timeline divided into four sections, which correspond to four landscapes, describes how the changing demand for energy, local and supralocal, has modified the actions imprinted on this solar landscape. The last section, representing the project scenario, aims to reconcile two solar energy landscapes perceived as inconsistent.