Enel secures EU funds to scale up Italian heterojunction PV module factory to 3 GW
An unspecified sum is being provided by the European Union to help Enel become a large-scale PV panel manufacturer. The Italian company secured the funds through the Innovation Fund
High module prices make Italy an early victim of supply chain disruption
Sergio Matalucci reports for pv magazine from the Key Energy event in Rimini on how the Italian solar market is currently dealing with the module price hike and the supply change disruption. According to the president of Italian association Italia Solare, difficulties to source modules in the market have intensified over the last four months.
Faster permitting crucial to help Italy add 70 GW of renewables this decade
In a chat with pv magazine at the Key Energy event in Rimini, Roberta Valenziani, of Italian trade body Elettricità Futura, explained the factors preventing Italy’s PV market from having a renaissance. She said the country has Europe’s longest delays and highest costs for obtaining permits for large scale solar.
Italy reaches 252 MW/405 MWh of distributed energy storage capacity
The country added 60MW/106 MWh in the first half of the year. Energy storage continues to grow with the region of Lombardy and Veneto being the two largest contributors.
Italy launches 3.3 GW renewables tender
Interested developers will have time until October 30 to submit their bids. The tender’s final results will be announced by January 28.
Italy allocates 297.6 MW of PV in sixth renewables auction
The lowest bid came in at €0.0618/kWh and was offered for a 23 MW wind farm. The lowest bid for PV technology was €0.0685/kWh. All bids were slightly below the ceiling price of €0.07/kWh.
Italy deployed 362 MW of PV in H1
At the end of June, Italy’s cumulative PV capacity surpassed 22.4 GW. Rooftop PV keeps driving the Italian solar market.
Italy’s Lombardy region adds another €20 million for residential PV+storage
Italy’s richest and most dynamic region continues to support solar+storage installations with rebates.
Rising gas, electricity prices create new opportunities for short-term PPAs in Europe
Higher gas and electricity prices could open up new opportunities for short-term power purchase agreements in the Italian and European renewable energy markets, according to Stefano Cavriani, the founder and director of EGO Energy, an Italian company that specializes in PPA hedging. In a chat with pv magazine, he explained that electricity prices should not increase more, but they may stabilize at current levels, or slightly below the €100/MWh threshold.
Eni acquires Italy’s second largest EV charging stations operator
The Italian energy giant acquired Be Power, which operates over 5,000 EV charging stations across Italy.
