Italy's Council of Ministers has awarded a positive environmental decision to eight projects envisaging the installation of 314 MW of wind, solar and geothermal power capacity in the country.
The approval covers eight projects located in the southern regions of Apulia, Tuscany and Basilicata, the government announced on Wednesday. The schemes have been greenlighted in line with Italy’s efforts to cut its reliance on Russian gas.
The list of projects that have been given the go-ahead includes wind schemes with individual capacities of between 31.4 MW and 72.8 MW, one agrivoltaic and two geothermal projects. More details are available in the table.
Project name |
Technology |
Capacity (in MW) |
Location |
N/A |
Wind |
72.8 |
San Mauro Forte, Salandra, Garaguso (Basilicata) |
N/A |
Wind |
31.4 |
San Paolo di Civitate, Poggio Imperiale (Apulia) |
Serra Palino |
Wind |
48 |
Sant'Agata di Puglia and Candela (Apulia) |
Venusia |
Wind |
36 |
Venosa, Maschito (Basilicata) |
N/A |
Wind (permit extension) |
55.8 |
Muro Lucano, Bella, Balvano (Basilicata) |
Copertino |
Solar PV |
60 |
Copertino, Galatina (Apulia) |
Cortolla |
Geothermal (research) |
5 |
Montecatini Val di Cecina (Tuscany) |
Castelnuovo |
Geothermal |
5 |
Castelnuovo Val di Cecina (Tuscany) |
Under its National Integrated Plan for Climate and Energy, Italy aims to reach 95.2 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, of which 52 GW solar PV and 19.3 GW wind. According to the latest statistics by solar association Italia Solare, solar capacity deployment is gaining momentum, with the country bringing online 1,012 MW of new PV parks in the first half of 2022, a significant improvement on the 406 MW installed in the first six months of 2021.
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