With the growth of energy supplied by renewable sources, Italy confirms a positive trend.

The national energy demand is growing (+2.3%) compared to 2023, but the energy produced by renewable energy sources (FER) has reached 50.8% of the total net electricity production at the end of October 2024, thus clearly exceeding the 44.0% share of the progressive in 2023.

 

These are the data provided by Terna in its new monthly report for October (Terna Monthly Report on the Electricity System) which highlights how the contribution of Italian renewable energy sources to national consumption needs from January to October 2024 covered 42.8%.

Growth factors

These results are due to greater installed power (+6 GW of plants) although worse weather conditions occurred compared to 2023 (fewer sunny and windy days). To date, the total green power exceeds 72.1 GW. The data also decree the overtaking of electricity supply by renewable energy sources compared to fossil fuels.

Photovoltaic: the real protagonist

But what type of plants do the recent 6 GW installed represent? 5.82 GW are due to photovoltaics which thus reaches a growth of over 37% compared to the same period in 2023. This is in continuity with what was highlighted in previous Terna reports: the leading regions of this increase are, in order: Lazio, which contributes with 859 MW of increased solar capacity; followed by Lombardy (plus 631 MW) and Sicily (plus 425 MW).

The virtuous regions

Wind power follows, albeit with more modest increases, with an increase of 555 MW from January to October 2024, or an 18% growth over 2023. On this front, the most virtuous regions are in the south, with Campania in the lead, with more than 216 MW of wind power plants, followed by Sicily (more than 144 MW) and Puglia (more than 65 MW).

The document also reports the progress of the actions undertaken by the regions in relation to the ministerial provision for renewables Decree Suitable Areas for Renewable Energy, which came into force last July, which assigns a target share (Burden Sharing) to the various territories to help achieve the national objective set for 2030: 80 GW of green power to be installed. Worth mentioning is Lazio, which is in the lead for net variation in power above the target.

Our solutions

The trend found in this report confirms our initial choice to develop solar-powered smartphone charging stations to offer a public charger, even wireless, as a service to charge your cell phone in public places.

From this, our first smartphone charging column was born: the Stop&Charge Solar, which over time has become Solar 2.0 and has been enriched with new features, becoming a real charging station for e-bikes to complement squares, parks, and cycle paths of the new Smart City.

 

Our research and development activity did not stop there, because we have also added to our range of solar battery chargers a smart bench, a real digital island for charging smartphones (Stop&Charge Smart Bench), and a shelter for parking and charging e-bikes (Stop&Charge Shelter), where the technology for street furniture has reached remarkable levels of quality.

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