Brescia over the Gigawatt: top in solar power
First among all Italian provinces in terms of installed photovoltaic power: there are more than 60,000 systems in the area Decisive is the weight of industrial installations, which also push the area to the top in terms of new large-scale facilities starting in 2023
by Luca Orlando
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"We were delighted with the investment made. And in fact we relaunched'. A four million euro relaunch, that of Nicola Cantele, general manager of Eredi Gnutti Metalli. A brass bigwig (Europe's third largest producer) that recently doubled its photovoltaic equipment, bringing the total to close to 10 MW of installed power.
This is not an isolated path in the region, which in fact, thanks to the industry's drive, has risen to the top nationally in the field of solar energy production.
With more than 60,000 photovoltaic plants in its territory, Brescia is the Italian province with the largest installed capacity, the only one to exceed one million kilowatts.
An analysis of the data processed by Italia Solare, which updates the Gse report on 2023, highlights for the Lombardy province an almost numerical supremacy. Only Rome, with 66 thousand photovoltaic systems installed, is in fact superior in absolute value. Other smaller provinces have a higher ratio of systems to population, but even in this 'density' ranking Brescia is still well placed, coming tenth in Italy.
Merit for a solar run-up that continues, bearing in mind that Gse data show that in 2023 Brescia was the best province in terms of new power added with 224 MW, 4.3% of the total. Other areas further south are certainly favoured in terms of irradiation, but even when looking at the energy produced Brescia is at the top, with 737 GWh in 2023 it is in fifth place among the provinces, on a par with Brindisi.
