Italy introducing EUR-1.5 bn procedure for rooftop solar in farming

• A mandate that attends to the launch of a EUR-1.5-billion (USD 1.65 bn) step to support solar in Italy's agricultural field was joined Friday by agriculture priest Stefano Patuanelli.

Funds for the initiative have actually been earmarked as part of Italy's National Recovery and also Resilience Plan. A 40% share will certainly be dedicated to funding projects approximately Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and also Sicily.

The procedure's objective is to support the installment of 375 MW of solar (PV) panels on buildings in the industry, including agro-industrial websites.

The ministry stated that the European Commission will certainly now be alerted and then a tender looking for applications for projects will be launched.

Assistance might also cover costs of redevelopment and also modernisation, including, as an example, insulation, which would contribute to much better conditions for livestock.

The diversity towards renewables will certainly also assist to decrease power costs for business in the field, the ministry kept in mind.