Top 10 Solar PV Roof Projects Italy
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 09:57AM The 5 Megawatt project on the roof of the Fiere di Parma, is currently the largest solar PV roof project in Italy. It is one of Solarplaza's top-10 list of Italian PV roof projects of 1 Megawatt or more built in the last 4 years. Due to the changes under the recent Fourth Conto Energia, it is expected that more big roof projects will be built in the near future. Under Conto Energia 1-3, the development of large scale projects on the ground exploded, leading Italy to become possibly the world's biggest PV market in 2011. Currently, Italy's largest solar PV project is the ground based 84 megawatt Montalto di Castro project.
Italy is following a trend which is visible elsewhere in Europe where commercial and residential roof projects are gaining market share over ground based projects. Other countries showing the same shift are Spain, France and the United Kingdom. Decreasing feed-in tariffs are an important reason for this transition. Governments are trying to preferentially stimulate roof integration and application, rather than the large scale ground projects which are consuming big portions of the budgets. In Italy it is expected that companies will start hunting for the best and largest roofs still available (following Belgium’s model, a market with many large roof applications). Investors and developers offer roof owners a good premium for the use of their roof for solar energy production.
Except for one project (the roof of the Rome Trade Fair), all large roof projects in Italy are using crystalline silicon solar module technology. Although the alternative thin-film technology is cheaper, prices of crystalline modules have come down substantially this year due to oversupply in the market. Crystalline modules produce more energy per square meter than equivalent thin-film technologies. The price difference between both technologies has narrowed. Clearly, investors want to produce as much energy as possible once a roof is suitable, although in some specific cases thin-film technology remains preferable (for instance, if the existing roof is not able to carry much more weight).
The shifting trend from ground to roof, the hunt for good roofs and the new related business models are examined at the conference The Solar Future Italy on 6 October 2011 in Milano.
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Location | Name | Capacity (MW) | Developer | Module Type |
| 1. | Parma (Emilia-Romagna) | Roof project Fiere di Parma | 5.0 | Conergy Italy | c-Si |
| 2. | Serravalle Scrivia (Piedmont) | Roof project in Serrvalle Scrivia | 4.7 | ErgyCapital | c-Si |
| 3. | Treia, (MC) | Cucine Lube roof project in Treia | 4.2 | Energy4Evolution | c-Si |
| 4. | Massa (Tuscany) | Roof project Massa | 4.0 | BioEnergon | c-Si |
| 5. | Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna) |
Roof project warehouse UPIM | 2.8 | Making Energy | c-Si |
| 6. | Massalengo/Villanova del Sillaro | Massalengo e Villanova del Sillaro | 1.7 | SOLON | c-Si |
| 7. | Rome | Roof project on Rome Trade Fair | 1.4 | Uni-solar | A-Si |
| 8. | Cameri (No) | Roof project BOSSI complex | 1.0 | AS-solar | c-Si |
| 9. | Palo del Colle (Bari) | Roof project Molino Casillo S.p.A. | 1.0 | Scheuten Solar | c-Si |
| 10. | S. Giuliano Milanese (MI) | Roof project S. Giuliano Milanese | 1.0 | Ravano | c-Si |
Note: This table was first published on October 3, 2011 (Companies that feel they should be included in this list are invited to contact us and provide the public information source)
1. Roof project Fiere di Parma
Capacity: 5.0 MW
Location: Parma (Emilia-Romagna)
Owner: Fiere di Parma
Developer: Conergy Italy
Module Manufacturer: Conergy Italy
Module type: Crystalline
Size: 44.000 m2
Completion: 2011
Interested in visiting this project? Join Solarplaza on the 7th of October during The Solar Future: Italy - Project Visits .
2. Serravalle Scrivia
Capacity: 4.7 MW
Location: Serravalle Scrivia (Piedmont)
Developer: ErgyCapital
Module Manufacturer: ErgyCapital
Module type: Crystalline
Size: 38.000 m2
Completion: 2009
3. Cucine Lube roof project in Treia
Capacity: 4.2 MW
Location:Treia (MC)
Developer: Energy4Evolution
Module Manufacturer: Energy4Evolution
Module type: Crystalline
Size: -
Completion: -
4. Roof project in Massa
Capacity: 4.0 MW
Location:Massa (Tuscany)
Developer: BioEnergon Green Energy
Module Manufacturer: SOLON SE
Module type: Crystalline
Size: -
Completion: 2011
5. Roof project on the warehouse of UPIM
Capacity: 2.8 MW
Location: Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna)
Developer: Making Energy
Module Manufacturer: -
Module type: Crystalline
Size: 63.000 m2
Completion: 2009
Interested in visiting this project? Join Solarplaza on the 7th of October during The Solar Future: Italy - Project Visits .
6. Roof project in Massalengo e Villanova del Sillaro
Capacity: 1.7 MW
Location:Massalengo e Villanova del Sillaro
Developer: SOLON
Module Manufacturer: SOLON
Module type: Crystalline
Size: 25.000 m2
Completion: 2006
7. Roof project on Rome Trade Fair
Capacity: 1.4 MW
Location:Rome
Developer: Uni-solar
Module Manufacturer: Uni-solar
Module type: Thin-Film
Size: -
Completion: 2008
8. Roof project on BOSSI S.p.A. industrial complex
Capacity: 1.0 MW
Location:Cameri (NO)
Developer: AS-solar
Module Manufacturer: Sanyo Solar Europe
Module type: Crystalline
Size: 7.000m2
Completion: 2011
9. Roof project on Molino Casillo S.p.A.
Capacity: 1.0 MW
Location:Palo del Colle (Bari)
Developer: Scheuten Solar
Module Manufacturer: Scheuten Solar
Module type: Crystalline
Size: -
Completion: 2010
10. Roof project in S. Giuliano Milanese
Capacity: 1.0 MW
Location:S. Giuliano Milanese (MI)
Developer: Ravano Green Power
Module Manufacturer: Trina Solar
Module type: Crystalline
Size: -
Completion: 2009
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