Enel Green Power puts in the works a Tarquinia, in the province of Viterbo, the construction of the largest solar park in Italy. As the note from the renewable energy company of the Enel group explains, the plant – which will also be the largest plant agrivoltaic nationwide – will have a capacity of approximately 170 MW and will be completed in an estimated time of 13 months.
“The solar park under construction in Tarquinia – he commented Salvatore Bernabei, CEO of Enel Green Power – demonstrates how it is possible to manage the growth of renewable energy and agricultural activity in harmony. In fact, it is a plant that will be perfectly integrated with the territory and that will house crops within it, generating positive effects for the environment, the economy and the territory and contributing to the reduction of Italy's energy dependence”.
Enel Green Power: the new agri-voltaic solar park
The plant, in addition to constituting a great step forward in terms of size and production capacity - once fully operational, the average GWh produced each year will be around 280 -, it will make it possible to avoid the emission of around 130 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year and avoid the consumption of about 26 million cubic meters of gas every year: fossil fuel that will be totally replaced by renewable energy, produced locally and able to meet the energy needs of about 111 thousand families.
The construction of the new plant will also have positive effects for the economy and local communities: the companies involved in the construction are from Lazio, mostly from the province of Viterbo, with a peak employment involvement of around 330 people in the estimated 13 months of construction time.
The most innovative technologies for the new EGP agri-voltaic system
The plant will use bifacial photovoltaic modules – whose technology allows solar energy to be absorbed on both the front and rear surfaces – which will be mounted on sun-tracking structures, the trackers, to maximize and make renewable energy production even more efficient. . The agri-voltaic solar park will be built in a private area of a local company that will collaborate with Enel Green Power to integrate the plant with agricultural activities: in particular, fodder and borage will be grown in the free areas between the rows of panels and in the buffer strips for overhead power lines, while olive trees will be planted in the perimeter strips.
