Featured in Empowered with PV – 12-2017

One customer at a time

Italy update: Current Italian legislation for self-consumption includes the possibility for owners of PV systems up to 20 MW to sell all or part of the produced power to a single final client. Despite several challenges, this option is now becoming more attractive, as solar module prices keep dropping and energy prices for the Italian industry and service sector remain among the highest in Europe.

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Emiliano Bellini

22 Dec 2017

A 788 kW rooftop installation, which was built under the Conto Energia project, and recently qualified under the SEU mechanism as well.

Over the past three years, the Italian PV market was able to stay afloat at an average increase of between 300 MW and 350 MW in new installations per year. This growth, although very limited when compared to that of the years prior to 2013 – the year when the generous incentive scheme Conto Energia was closed …

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