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Utility storage

Italy sees first deployment of new smart battery system

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Lithuanian company Omnispower Europe, in collaboration with partners, has developed a smart battery capable of operating efficiently even in extreme temperatures. This system has now been deployed in Italy.

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Italy

IB Vogt sells 245 MW PV farm to Iberdrola

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Developer IB Vogt announced the sale of Italy’s largest solar photovoltaic project to multinational utility Iberdrola. The 245 MW solar farm codenamed Fenix is located in Sicily, and scheduled to commence construction in March of 2024.

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Key Energy kicks off

Italy's meeting place for the future of Southern Europe's energy transition

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New energy transition trade fair is larger and more comprehensive than its premiere in 2023 and defines Italy's new role in the Mediterranean region and Eastern Europe.

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Mounting systems

Italy: Schletter Group installs 48 MW project

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Mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group continues to grow in the Italian market. In cooperation with the general contractor EnValue, Schletter has successfully installed two ground-mounted systems with a total output of 48 MW near the Italian city of Udine.

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Hydrogen

Italy: Axpo partners for major green hydrogen project

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Axpo is joining a large-scale green hydrogen project in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It includes a 30MW electrolyser powered by a 45MW solar plant

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Italy

FuturaSun presents varied innovations at Key Energy

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FuturaSun will showcase various innovative products at Key Energy trade fair in Rimini from 28 February to 1 March.

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Italy

KELAG starts a new 12.45-megawatt solar project in Italy

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INTEC Energy Solutions, a solar EPC systems provider, has embarked on a service endeavor for a project in Jalmicco area (Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy). The project is run in cooperation with KELAG of Austria

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Energy law

Italy introduces energy communities

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After years of testing, Rome has decided to allow self-consumption communities. They are expected to enable an expansion of almost 20 gigawatts by 2030.

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Manufacturing

Italy: Steel company SSAB switches to fossil-free energy with PV

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Solnet Group has completed a turnkey PV rooftop plant project for SSAB's Italian branch, SSAB Swedish Steel in Ghedi.

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Italy

Tesvolts expands into Italy for commerical battery storage systems

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Tesvolt expands to Italy and offers onsite-training for installation partners. The company will present its battery storage system for commercial and industrial use at KEY – The Energy Transition Expo in Rimini (February 28-March 1).

© Envalue
Italy

Italian government suspends tax penalty for solar systems

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Operators of medium-sized and large photovoltaic systems in Italy used to have to pay a tax based on output. The Italian government has now suspended this.

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Agri-PV

"Dual use with animal husbandry has great potential"

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Agrivoltaics is being promoted as the ideal way to combine solar power generation and agricultural use. Although it can hardly replace traditional solar parks, it offers interesting opportunities for niche applications, says Carsten Bovenschen, CEO of Juwi, in an interview.

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Italy

Axpo builds two solar parks south of the Alps

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The Swiss energy supplier Axpo is building two more solar parks in Italy. The Italian market is important for the company on its way to expanding its solar capacity to ten gigawatts in Europe.

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New report

EU solar market reaches record heights

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SolarPower Europe’s new EU Market Outlook for Solar Power 2023-2027 reveals a record 56 GW of solar installations in Europe in 2023. However, the forecast for next  year is lower.

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Energy transition Europe

"Grids are the bottleneck in the expansion of renewables"

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To achieve the goals of the EU Green Deal, the expansion of the grid infrastructure and the flexibilization of energy generation are fundamental, Martin Dürnberger and Jörg Menyesch of CCE state in a guest article. They give an overview about the situation in different European countries.

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Italy

MET Italia signs corporate PPA for solar park in Sicily

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MET Energia Italia, the Italian subsidiary of Swiss MET Group, signed a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) to selling the entire energy production of the Sicilian photovoltaic plant Mirto Solarpark.

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Sustainability

EPD environmental certification for FuturaSun module

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Italy based manfuacturer FuturaSun has long directed its efforts towards studying the environmental performance of its products. Now it obtained the EPD environmental product certification for its Silk Plus FU 400-410 module.

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Acquisition

New owners take over Fimer and inject first tranche of capital

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The transaction completes within the terms set by the Court of Milan and follows the official resignation of the current Board of Directors as a result of Fimer filing for bankruptcy.

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Keppel MET Renewables

More solar investment in Italy

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The Swiss-based renewable energy investment platform Keppel MET Renewables acquires a 100% stake in a solar development project in Apulia, Italy.

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Italy

Italian solar market has more than doubled

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The addition of solar capacity in Italy progressed well in the first half of the year. While private rooftop systems were the main market driver in the first three months, installations of commercial systems have caught up.

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Italy

European Energy divests 20-megawatt PV project in Sicily to IREN

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European Energy announced that it has signed an agreement with the Italian energy group IREN for the sale of the ready-to-build Noto Solar Project.

© CCE
Agri-PV

PV and agriculture – opportunities for Italy

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Rural photovoltaics can be an infrastructure that supports both the agricultural landscape and agriculture in Italy, our guest author Sandro Esposito, managing director CCE Italy explains.

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Italy

Nord LB finances six solar parks in northern Italy

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Nord LB Norddeutsche Landesbank is financing six solar parks with a total of 48 megawatts. The solar parks will be built in the municipalities of Manzano and Remanzacco in the province of Udine. They are scheduled to be connected to the grid by the end of 2023.

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N-type solar cells

New series of solar modules featuring heterojunction technology

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The manufacturer Futurasun from Italy presents a new module on N-type basis - for the first time with heterojunction technology. This combines the properties of crystalline silicon with those of silicon-based thin-film technology.

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Agri-PV

Sens and Peridot Solar launch large-scale agri-PV project in Sicily

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In the first construction phase, 135 megawatts are to be built and connected to the grid this year. The solar park covers 230 hectares. The modules will produce olives, figs and honey.