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Italy installed 2.3GW of solar capacity in the first half of the year

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Sep 14,2023

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According to data from the Italian Solar Energy Association Italia Solare, the country's new installed solar capacity in the first half of the year was 2.3 GW. As of the end of March, the cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity reached 27.4 GW.

In the first half of 2023, Italy added about 2.3 GW of photovoltaic system capacity, an increase of about 12% over the same period last year. By the end of June 2023, the country's cumulative PV installed capacity was about 27.4 GW.

Residential household capacity accounted for about 47% of the new capacity added in the first half of this year, while recent growth was driven by commercial and industrial systems (C & I) and utility-scale solar projects with a scale of more than 1 MW.

"Compared to the first quarter of this year, commercial and industrial systems and utility-scale solar projects of more than 1MW increased their grid-connected capacity by 49% and 89% respectively in the second quarter of 2023," Italia Solare said.

The grid connection of more than 10 MW power plants, which has been stagnant since July 2022, will restart in the second quarter of 2023. In particular, two 10 MW power plants in Piedmont and Apulia and a 36 MW power plant in Sardinia have been connected to the grid.

On the contrary, due to the expiration of the super allowance, the new installed capacity in the residential sector decreased slightly from 569 MW in the first quarter of 2023 to 528 MW in the second quarter.

The regions with the highest share of the total new installations are Lombardy (429 MW), Veneto (353 MW and Emilia-Romagna (235 MW).

Lombardy successfully defended its title with a cumulative installed capacity of 3.58 GW, widening the gap with the Puglia region, which has a grid-connected photovoltaic capacity of 3.18 GW. In the first quarter of 2023, Lombardy led with 429 MW of grid-connected power, followed by Veneto and Emilia-Romagna with 353 MW and 235 MW respectively.