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The cumulative installed solar PV capacity of Italy at the end of September 2023 increased around 14% from 2022-end to over 28 GW, according to the state-owned energy system operator Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE).
Specifically, the 28.6 GW capacity represents more than 1.5 million solar systems installed, including 3.5 GW deployed during 9M/2023 with over 280,000 systems.
It is the rooftop PV capacity that covers 69% of the aggregate installations in the country with 19.79 GW, including 3.17 GW added within 9M this year.
Remaining 31% comes from ground mounted PV of 8.779 GW comprising 334 MW installed during initial 9 months of this year.
Around 46% of newly installed capacity within 9M/2023 is concentrated in the residential sector, followed by 30% industrial, 20% tertiary and 4% agricultural sectors.
Self-consumption amounted to a total of 6.11 GWh, equivalent to 24% of the net production of all solar PV systems and 47% of the net production of only self-consumption systems, according to the GSE.
Earlier, Italia Solare said Italian solar installations at the end of June 2023 totaled 27.37 GW with the addition of 2.32 GW in H1/2023 (see Italy Exceeds 27 GW Cumulative Solar PV Capacity).