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The advantages and potential of combining solar and wind parks with battery storage at one location are considerable. The main stumbling block for a market launch is the regulatory system. However, some European countries are now leading the way.
2024 saw considerable growth phases as well as uncertainties around legislation and infrastructure readiness in several European markets. Wolf Dietrich, Senior Director Development, UK & Europe of Econergy, summarises the key challenges and provides an outlook on growth trends and success factors for 2025.
The EU wants to promote energy communities. A number of countries are further along than Germany in implementing corresponding targets. In the EU project FEDECOM, energy communities are now to be more closely integrated into sector coupling.
Italy is blessed as a Southern European country with many hours of sunshine and is now consistently using this advantage for the generation of solar energy: Thus, 2024 was a successful year for renewable energies in general in Italy, especially for photovoltaics.
Fimer, recently acquired by MA Solar Italy, affiliated of the McLaren Applied group, confirms participation in the 2025 edition of KEY - The Energy Transition Expo in Rimini, 5-7 March 2025. Various new products will be presented.
RWE has been active in the wind power sector in Italy for quite some time, and the group is now also strengthening its commitment in the Italian photovoltaic market. Its first solar park in Sicily has been put into operation.
KEY in Rimini/Italy opens its doors from March 5 to 7, 2025. The tradefair is not only larger and covers a broader range of topics around energy transition than before, but is also more international.
The energy provider was successful in the recent Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan auction. Both projects are being realised in the region around Naples as tracker systems.
MET Energia Italia has launched the first Renewable Energy Community in Lombardy. The community is open to all citizens, companies and local authorities in the area, and uses renewable energy to generate energy savings.
Telecommunications company TIM Group, in collaboration with Axpo Italia, launched TIM Energia, a new venture offering green electricity to meet the energy needs of Italy’s small and medium sized businesses.
According to the project developer Futura Group, the project in Sardinia is the largest solar plant combining agriculture and photovoltaics to date. Aiko has been chosen to supply the modules.
Kostal and EPC have built a solar system with an output of 1 MW on the roof of an old tobacco processing plant. The bifacial modules ensure a high yield, which the inverters can convert.
Alessandra Astolfi, Exhibition Director of renewable tradefair KEY 2025 in Rimini/Italy, on its importance at a time just before the relaunch of renewable energy tenders in the country.
Rome is supporting the construction of more than 1.5 gigawatts of agri-PV capacity with market premiums and investment subsidies. The prerequisite is that agricultural production is still possible.
Large battery storage systems are becoming more and more popular in Europe. Important reasons for this are the increasing demand for grid stabilization services and the shifting of peak loads. Italy and Great Britain are ahead of the game.
Following the assignment, in late November 2024, of inverter manufacturer Fimers business complex to MA Solar Italy Limited affiliated to the McLaren Applied Group, the acquisition procedure has been formally completed as planned. Fimer has been officially integrated into the Greybull Capital and McLaren Applied family.
What are the opportunities and challenges for business cases for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in European markets like Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania and Austria? Expert Philipp Kraemer of CCE shares his analysis.
CCE Holding finalized a EUR 24 million project financing with Commerzbank AG. The loan amount will be used for the construction of a 42.08 MW photovoltaic plant in the municipality of Montalto di Castro in the Italian region of Lazio near Rome.
Agrivoltaics is being promoted as the ideal way to combine solar power generation and agricultural use. Although it can hardly replace traditional solar parks, it offers interesting opportunities for niche applications, says Carsten Bovenschen, CEO of Juwi, in an interview.
Swiss based energy company BKW concludes a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with the German-Austrian solar developer CCE Holding for a 42-Megawatt solar plant in Lazio/Italy.
The Extraordinary Commissioners of Italian inverter manufacturer Fimer in Extraordinary Administration have announced that the Company’s business complex has been assigned to MA Solar Italy Limited, part of the McLaren Applied Group, with the support of Greybull Capital. The takeover price was not disclosed.
During the event, set to take place in Milan on 21st November, industry experts will discuss developments, challenges and solutions associated to the deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems, as well as a showcase of Sungrow’s cutting-edge products, for the first time in Italy.
Israel headquartered Econergy Renewable Energy, announced the successful commercial operation of its first solar projects in Italy. The company now owns and manages six solar parks in Italy with a total capacity of about 20 MW.
FuturaSun’s FENICE project, aimed at building a high-efficiency photovoltaic module plant in Italy, has passed the selection process by CINEA, securing a grant from the Innovation Fund—one of the European Commission’s key initiatives to drive technological innovation and the green transition.
Renewable energy developer Limes has surpassed 250 MW of fully consented solar parks in Italy, in total 264 MW with the approval of the latest ones. Additionally the company has a large piple of Agri-PV projects.
