Italy to allocate 3.3 GW of solar and wind in next renewables tender
- Italy's state energy monitoring firm GSE has launched a new renewables tender that is anticipated to allocate 3,312 MW of solar PV and wind capability.
Representing the seventh round of the nation's renewable resource auction scheme, the latest purchase process consists of capability not appointed in previous unsubscribed auctions.
Applications are currently open and also can be submitted by 30 October, with the results as a result of be announced on 28 January 2022.
Having actually included around 174MW in Q1 2020, Italy's installed solar PV capability reached 21.8 GW at the end of the quarter, according to a report from SolarPower Europe, which was amongst a team of profession organizations that recently called on the country's federal government to get rid of allowing bottlenecks for renewables projects.
Italy's transmission system driver Terna has considering that stated it intends to invest EUR18.1 billion (US$ 21.4 billion) to enhance the nation's grid as well as support the assimilation of new renewables plants. The firm will certainly seek to integrate energy produced by solar and also wind in Italy's south with consumption centres in the north.
Recent statements in the country's solar industry have actually seen ReneSola Power as well as Emeren create a co-development partnership, while Matrix Renewables said previously this month it will sign up with forces with possession monitoring firm Horus Green Energy Investment to create nearly 420MW of solar in the regions of Sicily and Lazio.
