Italy brings online 2.5 GW of fresh solar in 2022

• Italy brought on the internet 2,500 MW of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) parks in 2022, bringing its collective set up capacity to 25,064 MW, or 10.9% greater than a year previously, according to the latest stats by Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE).

Around 210,000 new PV plants began generating power during the past year, shows information in GSE's report launched recently.

The northern region of Lombardy was an initial runner, both in regards to yearly releases, which increased by 16.2% on the year, and also by overall set up capacity, ending 2022 with 3.15 GW of PV parks in operation that accounted for 12.6% of the national overall. Puglia was carefully behind, with 3.1 GW of solar farms, while Veneto and Emilia Romagna followed with 2.5 GW each.

Italy's solar PV parks produced 28,121 GWh of electrical energy in the past year, or 12.3% more than in 2021. The highest result originated from Puglia, which led with 4,191 GWh created, complied with by Lombardy (2,984 GWh), Emilia Romagna (2,616 GWh) as well as Veneto (2,539 GWh).