Italy

Eku Energy and Renera Energy have signed an agreement granting 1GW of battery project rights to Eku Energy in Italy. The agreement will help Italy reach its 2030 renewable energy target of 65%. Eku and Renera will collaborate to deliver secure and reliable energy storage solutions. Italy is expected to become the 3rd largest energy storage market by 2030.

Italian startup Barrel has developed a solar and storage solution that comes in an "oil" barrel. Get up to 6 kW of output, 5.6 kW hybrid inverter and 3.55 kWh Li-ion battery for $3,300. Perfect for powering large apartments and already sent to conflict zones and remote areas.

Ib Vogt has sold a 98MW portfolio of solar projects in Italy to French solar energy producer Rubis Photosol. This multi-gigawatt portfolio includes 10 PV and agrivoltaic projects in the Lazio region, two of which have reached ready-to-build status. With eight projects expected to reach RTB in the next year, this is Ib Vogt's first sale from its Italian portfolio. 380MW of additional projects are currently permitted.

Renantis launches crowdfunding campaign to finance 8.2-MW La Manganizza agrivoltaic project in Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Citizens can take part by investing with 3-year loans of up to EUR 10,000, with estimated 12 GWh/year and 4,000 homes powered. Project includes 85% cultivation area & multiple beehives.

Stellantis NV is investing €100 million ($109 million) into its Mirafiori plant in Italy to reduce emissions and transition away from combustion engines. Improvements such as solar energy and ventilation, green initiatives, and rooftop solar panels and vegetation are part of CEO Carlos Tavares' plans, alongside job cuts in Italy, France, and Germany.

This year, a $2.4 million solar park at the Pieve Emanuele, Italy production facility is set to help decarbonize operations and reduce carbon emissions by 1,450 tons annually. Surplus electricity generated outside the plant will be used by locals. Set to start operating by the end of this year.

Aura Power has achieved two major milestones - a 200-MW/800-MWh BESS in Italy and a 49.9-MW solar park in England - to power 35,000 homes & 21% of East Devon households. It also has 1-GW battery & 80-MW solar projects in the pipeline.

German engineering, procurement and also building and construction (EPC) service firm Intec Energy Solutions has won two separate contracts to develop solar power projects in Germany and Italy with a consolidated targeted capacity of 22 MWp.

EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI: EDPR) introduced on Thursday that it has been approved a 20-year feed-in-tariff (FiT) for 159 MW of wind and solar projects in Italy's current auction.

Italy's Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) on Monday announced 422 MW of wind, solar and also hydropower projects as winners in its newest ask for renewable energy capacity.

The huge solar power park will certainly come up in the municipality of Vizzini near Catania in Sicily that can supply power to 130,000 households. The project additionally includes a thorough reforestation and also biodiversity program covering 200 hectares of land.

European Energy bags building permit for country's largest center

Danish renewables designer European Energy A/S has protected a building permit from the authorities in Sicily wherefore it states will certainly become the greatest solar farm in Italy-- a 250-MW project near Catania.

Italy brought online 1,058 MW of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) parks in the very first quarter of 2023, getting to a cumulative set up capacity of over 26,100 MW, reveals data released by the domestic solar power association Italia Solare.

10-year agreement covers a combined 48GW/y of clean electricity from two plants in Lazio