Solitek has revealed plans to construct a brand new manufacturing facility in Benevento, Italy.
Solitek, a unit of ophthalmic lens maker International BOD, has revealed plans to construct a photo voltaic module manufacturing facility in southern Italy.
“The manufacturing facility will likely be situated in Benevento, within the Campania area, and can have an annual capability of 600 MW,” mentioned an organization spokesperson. pv journalindicating that the preliminary funding will attain €50 million ($53.4 million).
The Lithuanian photo voltaic module producer mentioned the ability will produce photo voltaic panels for agrivoltaics purposes.
“The favorable local weather in Italy for agriculture gives an acceptable surroundings for agro-installation, a major benefit in comparison with Northern Europe, the place the window for the usage of agro-installation is comparatively brief,” mentioned Solitek. “Working a producing plant in Southern Europe additionally helps Solitek keep away from fluctuations in manufacturing capability through the winter when photo voltaic panels in Northern Europe are unavailable.”
The manufacturing facility is predicted to start out manufacturing within the second quarter of 2024. At an unspecified later stage, it is going to additionally produce 1 GWh of residential battery capability per yr. “All through the phased improvement of the brand new manufacturing facility and its completion, Solitek plans to create as much as 300 jobs, revitalize an underserved space, and appeal to extra worldwide and native funding.”
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The corporate at the moment operates a 180 MW module manufacturing facility in Lithuania. It lately unveiled a 40-cell photo voltaic panel for agrivoltaic purposes with energy conversion efficiencies of 12.6%. The module can function with a most system voltage of 1,500 V. Solitek mentioned it’s utilizing the panels in a 1.5 MW agrivoltaic rooftop undertaking in Malaysia.
The Italian authorities is at the moment supporting agrivoltaics by way of a €1.1 billion program, as a part of the €220 billion, post-pandemic restoration plan.
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