Recent Developments in Italy's Solar Industry

News about the Italian solar market has been coming thick and fast since the start of the year. Following on from the reports that the grid-network authority, GSE, did not want to open a register for free-standing photovoltaic systems in the second half of 2012, the second shock came in the form of Legislative-Decree (DL) No 1/2012. This lays down the removal of any government funding for photovoltaic systems on agricultural land – and with retrospective effect.

With the solar thermal market the situation is uncertain as well. For months the sector has been waiting for the decree on feed-in tariff mechanisms for renewable heating. The Environment Ministry has recently announced that the “Fondo rotativo per Kyoto” – a facilitated public financing - will be activated in March, after four years of waiting.

In this context, the international solar conference Conferenza dell’Industria Solare – Italia 2012 (CIS-IT 2012) which will take place in Rome on 23-24 February, represents a good opportunity to get informed on latest developments and future perspectives of the solar market.  

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