RWE to Build 30 MW of Elevated Solar Farms in Italy

RWE Renewables Europe & Australia announced that it has been awarded three advanced agrivoltaic (Agri-PV) projects totaling 30.2 MWac capacity in Italy's Resilience and Recovery Plan (PNRR) auction. 

These sites- Acquafredda 2 (11,7 MWac) is located in the Campania region, Enna Piscopo (9,5 MW) in Sicily, and Cave (9 MWac) in Calabria. Construction of the approximately 47,000 solar modules is scheduled to begin within the next weeks, with commissioning scheduled for 2026. The three Agri-PV projects will use elevated mounting structures. Two of the projects will have high tracker structures with a movable axis, while the third will have a high, fixed-tilt structure, which is more compatible with the agrivoltaic-pastoral scope. Sheep will graze or crops will be harvested below the panels in a fully integrated energy-agri system, increasing agricultural yield while optimising land use. The panels protect against hail, frost, drought, and heavy rain. To help improve the technology, the performance of the three advanced Agri-PV systems and meteorological and agricultural yield data will be monitored by RWE.