Featured in Outlook Obscured – 03-2025

Highway to the solar zone

Italian company Elgea specializes in integrating solar on highway networks. CEO Laura Onnis told pv magazine it has identified 300 sites along 3,000 km of Italian highways and is pushing ahead with project development. The first plants will be built in the northern Italian provinces of Milan and Vercelli, and in Molise, to the south.
Sergio Matalucci
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Sergio Matalucci
Elgea is pressing ahead with highway solar, despite multiple obstacles. | Photo: Elgea

 Around 30 companies in Italy have concessions to operate and maintain more than 10,000 km of the road network. With traffic levels rising steadily after the pandemic, Onnis said around 5 million vehicles use Italian highways each day.Renewables-focused Elgea was founded by Autostrade per l’Italia (Aspi) in 2022. Aspi is Italy’s leading highways concessionaire, with …

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