Italy plans to accelerate renewable energy development, targeting 131 GW of capacity by 2030

Italy is planning massive investment in renewable energy sources (RES). According to a revision of the country’s climate and energy plan, which the international energy news outlet Montel obtained, Italy is targeting capacity of up to 131 GW by 2030. This would more than double the current installed capacity of renewables.

Italy plans to raise its 2030 target for installed renewable capacity from the currently planned 80 GW to 131 GW. Installed capacity from these sources in Italy stood at 58 GW at the end of 2021.

The biggest expansion is planned for solar photovoltaic (PV) plants, from the current 22 GW to 79 GW. Wind power capacity is also set to increase significantly, from the current 11.2 GW to 28.1 GW. Of this, around 2.1 GW is expected to come from offshore wind.

Hydropower capacity is expected to remain at roughly the same level, at 19.2 GW. However, as we reported earlier, Italy, like the rest of Europe, is increasingly facing drought. Hydropower generation is threatened by drought and could decline in the future.