This international magazine aims to carry news, curiosities, recipes, and information about “planet Italy” all around the world – Italy as seen at table or at the patisserie or gelato counter. Everywhere, the culture of eating well is associated with our country… the land of saints, of poets… but also of chefs, pastry cooks, and gelato makers! In terms of food, Italy is trendy, just as it is with Italian fashion and Italian racing cars. The research agency has worked since 2010 to prove agrivoltaic systems must be seen as landscape-integrated photovoltaic facilities.Gelato, spaghetti, pizza, espresso… Typical Italian products, appreciated the whole world round, so much so that the words are untranslatable! The made-in-Italy brand in the gelato, pastry and catering sectors is universally recognised as a guarantee of quality, innovation and creativity! “The plants must not be thought of as technological structures to be superimposed on an undifferentiated territory, but as opportunities to rethink man's relationship with his environment and the activities that take place there,” he added, stating the experience to be accumulated during the deployment of new systems would help change the planning approach, and cultural ideas about solar in the landscape. The need for a cross-cutting approach to the deployment of solar-based agricultural installations was endorsed by consultant Fabrizio Cembalo Sambiase, who told pv magazine: “I believe that the completion of the work entrusted by the Italian government to ENEA and, in several respects, to the GSE, could be a reasonable approach.”Ĭembalo Sambiase added, a one-size-fits-all approach is of little help for agrivoltaics, as projects must be suited to their individual sites and territories. The goal is to become the point of reference, and meeting point, for the agrivoltaic community in Italy, provide clarifications updates, give space to companies and innovative solutions.” Multi-disciplinary The state body worked on the organization with ETA Florence, a communications firm dedicated to accelerating the green transition, and the network’s website went live in an updated version this month.ĮTA Florence project manager Giulio Poggiaroni told pv magazine: “The network was launched in April but we started the activities in September. “We are promoting a way of proceeding with PV installations which is quite different and new.” “The platform allows a wide range of actors to confront and understand each other, allowing them to team up and come up with a trans-disciplinary approach that reflects complexity,” said Scognamiglio.
“Italy is the only EU country that included funds for agrivoltaic projects in its recovery plans,” said Scognamiglio.ĮNEA is a key player in the recently funded National Network for Sustainable Agrivoltaics. The Italian government has committed to devote €1.1 billion to establishing 2 GW of new agrivoltaic generation capacity this decade as part of its EU-funded post-Covid National Recovery and Resilience Plan. That's why a trans-disciplinary approach is important,” said Scognamiglio, adding she feels Italy is moving in the right direction. Defining criteria and suitable areas is complex because of the limited experience and experimentation globally.”Ī cross-disciplinary approach is needed to guide agrivoltaic legislation, said the researcher, because the current permitting process involves several layers of assessment. The relatively novel technology of agrivoltaics is developing faster than legislation in Italy, said Scognamiglio, who added: “Globally, agrivoltaic projects are of limited size but it is now a matter of making a leap from the current 200 kW plants to plants covering up to 100 hectares. “However, at the moment, the authorization process is confused and obliges entrepreneurs to invest significant time and resources.” “We know that there is significant interest from entrepreneurs,” she said.
pv magazine’s UP initiative this year shone a spotlight on agrivoltaics. Solar PV could disrupt the fossil fuel industry and help with two of the biggest sustainability challenges of our times: biodiversity loss and food production.