Italian renewables company Plenitude and partner Infrastrutture SpA have completed the construction of a 37MW agrivoltaic plant in Lazio.
The partners, through their joint venture Hergo Renewables, have commissioned the plant in the municipality of Montalto di Castro.
Now operational, the plant will produce more than 70GWh of electricity annually, equivalent to the annual energy needs of over 22,000 households.
It adds to Plenitude’s portfolio of renewable energy production in Italy, where the company currently has more than 1GW of installed capacity.
Plenitude says it is just the first step in a broader pipeline of solar projects owned by Hergo Renewables, which extends to both Italy and Spain.
For the project realisation, Hergo Renewables also collaborated with the National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC), coordinated by the National Research Council (CNR), with the aim of “ensuring full respect” for the biodiversity of the area where the plant is located.
Plenitude’s head of renewable energy in Italy Paolo Bellucci said: “We are proud of the Montalto di Castro plant commissioning, one of our largest photovoltaic parks in Italy, which confirms Plenitude’s commitment to renewable energy production growth in the country, in line with the company’s goal of reaching 10GW of installed capacity from renewable sources by 2028.”
Hergo Renewables chief executive Pier Francesco Rimbotti added: “With this project, we are inaugurating our collaboration with the CNR within the National Biodiversity Future Centre.
“As part of this important initiative, together with the CNR and the University of Tuscia we will study nature-based solutions to build plants increasingly integrated into the territory.”
Plenitude has a 65% stake in Hergo Renewables, while Infrastrutture has the remaining 35%.
