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Agrivoltaics have been all the fashion this 12 months, and maybe they’re raging nowhere greater than in Italy. Italy only in the near past held its first ever tender for agrivoltaics, and it was an enormous one!
Stunning nation awarded contracts for 1.5 gigawatts of agrivoltaics photo voltaic tasks inside its borders. That’s unfold throughout 540 completely different tasks.
And the tender was oversubscribed. There have been 643 bids totaling 1.7 gigawatts (GW) of energy capability. Giant tasks awarded contracts embody “270 MW for European Energya 62 MW Repower array in Sicily, and a 73 MW Next Energy Capital installation in Campania.” There’s additionally “Solarig with 122 MW and Photosol with 55 MW. DCH Di Carlo Holding secured more than 140 MW, ranking just behind European Energy.”
Naturally, it’s Italy’s power company, Energy Services Manager (GSE)that has overseen the tenders and is answerable for this program. Many of the successful tasks are to be situated in southern Italy, or the underside of the Italian boot.
“Most of the projects came from agricultural companies,” pv journal writes. “All eligible projects received incentives, as the tender’s maximum quota was not met. Discounts on ceiling prices ranged from 9.18% to 53%, with larger projects benefiting from economies of scale.” Probably the most that shall be paid to tasks 300 kW or smaller is €0.093 ($0.097)/kWh, whereas essentially the most for tasks over 300 kW is €0.085 ($0.089)/kWh.
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