How much solar power does Italy have?

Total installed solar power capacity in the country reached 30.3 GW at the end of 2023. Current (2023) government plans are targeting solar PV capacity to rise to 79 GW by 2030. Like most countries, solar power usage in Italy was minimal before the 21st century.

How important is solar power in Italy?

Annual and cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity (in MW) since 2000. Solar power is an important contributor to electricity generation in Italy, accounting for 11.8% of total generation in 2023, up from 0.6% in 2010 and less than 0.1% in 2000.

How many solar panels are installed in Italy?

Chief among them is grid capacity and grid application processes; whilst Italia Solare said the country has now installed around 32GW of PV, some estimates say that over 140GW of projects are currently in the interconnection queues waiting for grid access.

How many solar PV projects are there in Italy?

Italy currently has 140GW of solar PV projects in its grid connection queue. Image: Juwi In 2023, Italy installed over 5GW of new solar PV generation capacity, by some distance the most since 2011.

How much solar capacity does Italy need in 2022?

While capacity additions have recently grown due to changes to the regulatory framework, Italy is far from installing 4 GW of new renewable capacity annually, which is needed to meet the targets set for 2030. In 2022, Italy added 1.6 GW of new solar PV capacity and 0.5 GW of new wind capacity.

How much solar power will Italy have in 2023?

According to Terna's data, at the end of January 2023 requests for connection to the high-voltage grid from new renewable power plants reached around 340 GW, of which approximately 37% was from solar and 54% from onshore and offshore wind power, around five times higher than the targets Italy has set itself for 2030.