Wind and solar energy production hit an all-time record last year in Italy, as the country more than doubled its newly-installed green source capacity, power grid operator Terna said.
Solar panel production rose to 30.6 Terawatt hours (TWh) while wind farms produced 23.4 TWh, Terna said. It added that all renewable sources, including hydroelectric plants, covered nearly 37 per cent of electricity demand, up from 31 per cent in 2022.
Newly-installed renewable capacity rose by 5.8 gigawatt (GW), signalling a big jump compared with 2022 when new additions in green capacity were equal to 2.7 GW, the grid operator said.
In 2023 power consumption in the country fell 2.8 per cent year-on-year, to 306.1 billion kWh, Terna added. -Reuters