The Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea has announced the establishment, under its own auspices, of the first Community Renewable Energy Port at the national level which, in the port of Taranto, will take the name NET - New Energy Taranto. The Community's objective is to give concrete implementation, on the basis of a pact shared with stakeholders, to the objectives of decarbonisation, energy transition and, in particular, development of the Apulian port as an energy hub.

NET already involves 12 stakeholders among companies operating in port - Gap Energy Italia 1 Srl, Baja delle Sirene Snc di Santamato Arcangelo e Vincenzo & C., M-LOG Srl, Pentashipping Srl, Peyrani Sud Spa, Gruppo Ormeggiatori dei Porti di Taranto e Gallipoli Soc. Coop S.C., Mantua & De Iacovo Shipping Srl, Bio-Consulting Srl and Barion Srl - and associations of the AdSP network, such as Jonian Dolphin Conservation and the A.P.S. Officina Maremosso, included in the territory closest to the port area.

The port authority specified that in the coming days some families residing in the port-city hinge areas, of the Tamburi vulnerable neighborhoods, Old City and Porta Napoli, confirming the vocation inclusive of the initiative and the social impact that it intends to credit. NET will remain open to future adhesions of companies, associations and families, falling within the identified areas, who will consider whether to be part of it.