Overview of the year

Ciminna: funding for Repower’s agrisolar project

December

Support from Italy’s recovery and resilience plan (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza or PNRR) for sustainable projects includes a non-repayable investment grant and a guaranteed electricity tariff for 20 years. The innovative agrisolar project in Ciminna, Sicily, received this support in official recognition of its pioneering status.

This Repower Renewable project combines a 67 MW solar power installation with sustainable agriculture on a 150-hectare site. In collaboration with the Rita Atria Libera Terra cooperative, which promotes the use of land formerly confiscated by the Mafia, land is being planted with olive, almond, grain, lavender and saffron crops. A hundred dairy sheep and over 100 beehives round off the concept.

Construction work begins in spring 2025 and the installation is scheduled to go online in June 2026. From then on, it will produce around 120 GWh of electricity annually. A disused building will be repurposed for the storage and processing of agricultural produce.

This project underscores Repower Italia’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable land use. Agrivoltaics combines electricity production with agriculture for future-proof land use.

Marco Ceroni

CEO of Repower Renewable