Italy reached 30.28 GW of cumulative put in PV capability, unfold throughout 1,594,974 installations, on the finish of December 2023, in accordance with new statistics from Italia Solare, the nation’s photo voltaic power affiliation.

In 2023, new PV additions hit 5.23 GW. This compares to 2.48 GW in 2022 and 0.94 GW in 2021.

In keeping with Italia Solare, 43% (2.26 GW) of the photo voltaic related to the grid final 12 months got here from residential installations, whereas the C&I section accounted for 35% (1.82 GW). Utility-scale PV vegetation accounted for 22% (1.16 GW) of the overall.

“Throughout 2023, 12 utility scale vegetation had been related, for a complete of 417 MW, of which six are situated between Sicily and Sardinia, for a complete of 222 MW,” the affiliation mentioned in an announcement. “The opposite eight vegetation are distributed between Basilicata, Lazio, Piedmont and Puglia.”

The commerce physique additionally mentioned final 12 months’s development was primarily because of the so-called “tremendous bonus” for constructing renovation initiatives, which lately expired, in addition to excessive power costs.

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