After having won the tender for two projects in last year's PNRR auction , which are currently under construction, R WE has now been awarded three new Agri-PV projects with a total capacity of 30.2 megawatts (MWac).
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 few 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 optimizing land use. The panels provide protection 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.
RWE Renewables Italia – strong presence in Italian market for renewables
RWE is a key player in the Italian renewables market. The company takes an integrated project approach that incorporates the development, construction and operation as well as marketing of wind farms and solar plants. RWE operates 17 onshore wind farms in Italy, with a combined installed capacity of 598 MW – enough to supply more than 500,000 Italian households with green electricity every year.
In addition to its first commercial-scale Agri-PV plants Morcone (9.8 MWac) and Acquafredda (9.3 MWac) in the Campania region, RWE is constructing two new onshore wind farms: The 47 MW Serra Palino wind farm is located in the Apulia region and the 45 MW Venusia wind farm in the Basilicata region.
