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Massimiliano Tripodo
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Italy selects 566 self-consumption PV projects in incentive scheme for southern businesses
More than €200 million in available funding remains unallocated under the €262 million support program for photovoltaic projects aimed at boosting self-consumption among businesses in southern Italy.
Jul 09, 2026
Italian units of German solar firm probed over €93 million fraud case
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza has identified seven PV companies in Trentino suspected of evading more than €60 million ($70.4 million) in taxes and fraudulently obtaining more than €33 million in state incentives. The firms are subsidiaries of an unnamed German renewable energy holding.
Italy probes PV companies over €60 million tax evasion and €33 million subsidy fraud
The Italian authorities have dentified seven Trentino-based photovoltaic companies, controlled by an unspecified German operator, accused of allegedly evading over €60 million in taxes and improperly obtaining €33 million in incentives from the state energy agency GSE.
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Italy PV grid connection requests reach 144 GW as ready-to-build pipeline grows to 9.34 GW
Italy recorded 3,670 PV connection applications totaling 144 GW amid a slight ongoing decline since August 2025, while ready-to-build projects rose to 210 or 9.34 GW, with capacity remaining concentrated in Sicily, Puglia and Sardinia.
Italian solar sector gears up for cybersecurity regulations on PV systems over 100 kW
The Italian energy regulator is requiring PV and wind plants over 100 kW to install central controllers with remote active power control, with staggered compliance deadlines up to 2028. The rules, coupled with rising digitalization, are driving cybersecurity upgrades, AI-based monitoring, and grid-aware operational practices across the renewable energy sector.
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Italy clears 710 MW of solar in Puglia, challenges regional PV rules
The italian government says it is fast-tracking utility-scale solar, approving about 710 MW of mainly agrivoltaic projects in Puglia while moving to curb regional limits on where PV plants can be built, sharpening tensions over land use and energy policy.
Italy assigns 1.1 GW in PV auction open to projects with ‘non-Chinese’ modules
The procurement exercise, the second solar auction under Italy’s Fer X incentive scheme and first to exclude the use of Chinese solar modules, cells and inverters for projects above 1 MW in size, concluded with a final average price of €0.06637/kWh.
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