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Italian energy agency Gestore dei servizi Energeci (GSE) has announced the second solar auction under Italy’s new renewable energy incentive program, the FER
The tender was the first Italian solar auction to implement the resilience criteria set by the EU in the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA). For PV projects with a size of more than 1 MW, the Italian government has excluded the use of solar panels, cells and inverters from China.
The auction closed with an average final price of €0.06637 ($0.078)/kWh, which is 27.7% lower than the maximum price of €0.073 set by GSE. The average award price is approximately €0.010/kWh higher than that of the scheme’s first auction, which did not include the NZIA criteria.
GSE assessed 273 project proposals with a combined capacity of 3.16 GW 88 projects chosen.
Only two power stations exceed a nominal capacity of 100 MW. The largest is a 180 MW project proposed by Alta Capital 3 Srl, a subsidiary of the London-based fund Alta Capital, which will be built in the municipality of Butera (Caltanissetta), Sicily. The company has applied for and received an incentive rebate of 27.018% for 144 MW.
The second largest project is a 107.9 MW plant to be developed by Solaer Clean Energy Italy 18 Srl, a subsidiary of Spanish company Zelestra. In this case, the discount percentage on the highest exercise price was 31.581% for 62 MW. The project is expected to be built in the municipality of Monreale (Palermo), also in Sicily.
The first Fer According to GSE, the tender had initially attracted 1,387 project proposals with a combined capacity of 17,537 MW.
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