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The Italian government has granted awards to 474 solar PV projects, with a combined capacity of 7.698GW, under the FER X programme.

Renewables asset fund Alantra Solar has secured €355 million to support the development and construction of five solar PV projects in Italy.

The French and Italian solar markets have both moved forward in their latest public tender process for solar capacity.

Average renewable energy PPA deal price fell marginally to €46.37/MWh (US$53.36/MWh) in Europe in the last week of October, per Pexapark.

Utility giant Engie has signed a 15-year renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with tech giant Apple in Italy.

Ingeteam’s Mauro Rivola discusses the rapidly growing appetite for co-located solar and storage in Southern Europe.

Italy has released the results of its latest solar auction, which includes 273 expressions of interest for a combined capacity of 3,161MW.

Spanish IPP Sonnedix has acquired five solar projects in Sicily and Lazio, Italy, with a combined capacity of 226MW.

Italy’s latest renewable energy tender has received 12GW of bids, of which the majority, 10GW, came from solar PV.

The absence of negative pricing in Italy undermines the case for co-located solar storage, the co-founder of Italian IPP Terrawatt has said.