Falck signs offtake for 41MW Italian PV project

• 10-year PPA with chemicals producer Solvay covers 70% of output from plant in Apulia

Falck Renewables has actually authorized a corporate power purchase contract for result from a 41MW solar project under development in Apulia in Italy.

Falck Renewables' subsidiary Falck Renewables Sviluppo signed the PPA with chemicals producer Solvay.

The 10-year contract will cover around 70% of the power produced by the solar plant and stands for an amount equal to the electrical power demands of 4 of Solvay's plants in Italy: Bollate, Ospiate, Livorno and Rosignano - Unita produttiva Perossidati.

The 41.1 MW project, in the district of Foggia, is anticipated to create about 70 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy a year when functional.

The project, which also consists of a 10MW/20 megawatt-hour storage space system, is made to allow the on-site combination of eco-friendly power and also farming production.

The style is based upon rotating rows of solar panels with rows of olive trees, including the Fs-17 varieties, which is immune to Xylella microorganisms.

The plan visualizes that the administration of the olive grove will certainly be left to neighborhood specialized drivers, arranged as a social venture, that will gain from the agricultural activity, enabling the production of local jobs and financial development in Apulia.

"Falck Renewables' project is amongst one of the most ingenious in the field of renewable energy production.

"This is an excellent fit with how we intend to optimise using sources.

"Energy is a fundamental part in all our industrial tasks and we are proud that the majority of our Italian plants will certainly quickly be powered by solar energy.

"Becoming part of the local area is among our main priorities any place we operate so the assimilation of an olive grove right into the brand-new plant in Apulia is an added incentive," stated Marco Colatarci, nation supervisor for Solvay in Italy.