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Italy: Efforts to cut curtailment

Southern Italy is troubled by a weak grid, contributing to widespread curtailment and other issues but the national government is introducing measures that analysts believe will address the problem.

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Sergio Matalucci

10 Jun 2024

Italian Minister for the Environment Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said the government is discussing an updated draft of the FER X decree but it still needs to be approved by the European Commission. | Photo: Eugeniatta/Wikimedia Commons

Renewables projects across Italy – and especially in the regions of Lazio, Umbria, Puglia, and Sicily – could face grid capacity constraints, according to MBS Consulting analyst Andrea Raffaele.Large PV plants have saturated the grid in Lazio and Umbria, Raffaele noted, and MBS is not tracking sufficient grid development in the south, particularly in Puglia, …

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