# LLM Context
URL: https://weeg.it/comunicati-stampa/siglato-laccordo-tra-white-energy-ed-elianto-per-lofferta-di-soluzioni-di-efficienza-energetica-sostenibilita-e-risparmio-delle-imprese/

# White Energy and Elianto partnership for energy efficiency, sustainability and business savings

White Energy Group and Elianto signed a commercial partnership to offer Italian companies integrated solutions for energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainability and cost savings. The agreement combines White Energy ESCo expertise and financing capabilities with Elianto technology for small-scale concentrating solar power plants.

## Page details
- Content type: Press release
- Published: 18 May 2022
- Organization: White Energy Group
- Partner: Elianto
- Scope: Italy
- Topics: energy efficiency, renewable energy, concentrating solar power, EPC, Energy Performance Contract, Power Purchase Agreement, industrial decarbonization

## Partnership overview
White Energy Group and Elianto, both with roots in Sardinia, entered a commercial partnership to provide services to companies throughout Italy. White Energy is an ESCo specializing in consulting, project implementation and support for businesses pursuing energy efficiency and savings. It also facilitates adoption of renewable-energy and efficiency technologies through contractual models such as Energy Performance Contracts and Power Purchase Agreements.

Elianto, founded in 2007 as a spin-off of CRS4, is an Engineering, Procurement and Construction company that designs, builds and supplies turnkey small-scale solar thermodynamic plants of up to 5 MWe for production of electricity and heat.

## How the agreement works
The partnership covers deployment across Italy of concentrating solar power plants through EPC contracts financed by White Energy. The projects are linked to Elianto products and technologies for civil, commercial, agricultural and industrial applications.

When White Energy signs an EPC contract with a customer shared with Elianto, it commits to purchasing the technology developed by Elianto. White Energy invests directly in plant construction, removing the customer upfront financial commitment and offering an energy price designed to offset market price trends.

## Strategic rationale
The collaboration is intended to accelerate technology transfer and help industrial companies select energy-efficiency solutions and supply sources aligned with emissions-reduction and climate-neutrality objectives. White Energy presents partnerships with renewable-energy and efficiency technology producers as a key part of supporting industrial customers on their sustainability path.

Elianto highlights its specialized knowledge and know-how in concentrating solar systems for electricity, heat and cooling, and views the agreement as a way to broaden adoption of its technology in the renewable-energy market.

## Key entities
- White Energy Group: ESCo providing energy-efficiency consulting, implementation, support and financing solutions.
- Elianto: EPC company specializing in small-scale concentrating solar power technology.
- CRS4: Sardinian research and development center from which Elianto originated as a spin-off.
- Gianluigi Mele: CEO of White Energy.
- Piero Pili: CEO of Elianto.

## Source
- https://weeg.it/comunicati-stampa/siglato-laccordo-tra-white-energy-ed-elianto-per-lofferta-di-soluzioni-di-efficienza-energetica-sostenibilita-e-risparmio-delle-imprese/