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Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security has established the conditions under which photovoltaic plants receiving support through the Conto Energia program may leave the incentive system ahead of schedule, according to pv magazine. The framework covers a scheme that began with a first round in 2005, when feed-in tariffs for solar generation were introduced, and continued through subsequent rounds in 2007, 2011, 2012 and a final version that closed in 2013 after the program reached its statutory cost ceiling.
Across the five rounds, the program supported 550,074 PV plants with a combined capacity of 17.62 GW. The exit decree applies to installations larger than 20 kW that receive fixed tariffs or premiums not tied to market prices under the first four rounds.
The voluntary departure mechanism will open on Jan. 1, 2028, and covers up to 10 GW of total capacity. Operators taking part must satisfy several conditions, among them repowering their projects with modules manufactured in the European Union.
Operators that extended their incentive agreements under the so-called DL Bollette may enter the mechanism directly by filing an expression of interest with the Gestore dei Servizi Energetici. Those that did not extend must instead take part in a competitive procedure run by the same body, conducted electronically by June 30, 2027, after submitting an expression of interest.
The capacity offered in the competitive procedure equals 10 GW minus the capacity admitted through direct access. In all cases, the capacity made available must be at least 5% below the total capacity for which operators have signaled an interest in leaving the incentive scheme.
Bidders will submit offers proposing a percentage reduction from a reference value set by the energy services operator. Offers will be ranked by the expected benefit to the electricity system until the available capacity is used up. Where benefits are equal, the operator that filed its application first receives priority.
To qualify, operators must carry out a complete repowering of their plants, with construction beginning no earlier than Jan. 1, 2028, and the repowered facilities entering operation by Dec. 31, 2030.
The repowering must produce a higher energy yield than the output expected over the remaining incentive period. The minimum gain is 30% for rooftop installations and ground-mounted systems on agricultural land, and 100% for all other plants.
Only modules listed in the registers created under Article 12 of Decree-Law 181/2023 and made in the European Union may be used in the repowering work.
Electricity delivered to the grid that is attributable to a plant’s residual capacity, excluding the additional output from repowering, must be sold through long-term contracts. Only the additional capacity created by repowering will be eligible for support mechanisms.
Within 30 days of the decree taking effect, the energy services operator will publish the implementing rules. Within the following 10 days, it will issue the notice for expressions of interest, which operators must file within 30 days of the rules being published.
The implementing rules will set out, among other items, application templates, procedural deadlines, contract types, administrative fees and the method for calculating the increase in capacity.
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