RWE has been awarded three new Agri-PV projects, with a total capacity of 30.2 MWac, at the Italian Resilience and Recovery Plan auction, which awards a contract-for-difference tariff and up to 40% return on investment for advanced Agri-PV. Having won two projects in the 2024 PNRR auction, RWE has now been awarded three new Agri-PV projects, namely 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 during the next weeks, with commissioning scheduled for 2026.
The three Agri-PV projects will be mounted on elevated mounting structures. Two of them 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 grown and harvested below the panels in a fully integrated energy-agri system, increasing agricultural yield while optimising 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.
Katja Wünschel, CEO of RWE Renewables Europe & Australia, commented: “Italy is taking the lead in Agri-PV because land is a scarce resource that must be used responsibly and efficiently. We look forward to continuing to support Italy’s energy targets.”
