The project was designed and planned by Agac Infrastrutture, the management company of the 45 municipalities in the Province of Reggio Emilia, and Iren Rinnovabili, the division of utility company IREN S.p.A. that specializes in renewable energy.
About 120 employees working for regional companies installed the 100 rooftop solar systems, while the bank “Banco Emiliano”, which is also based in the Province of Reggio Emilia, financed the initiative.
“We are particularly proud of the excellent level of cooperation between the public and private sectors," said Davide Reverberi, the lead project manager at Electric World S.r.l., one of the installation companies working on the initiative.
" More than 20 companies were involved in constructing the 100 photovoltaic installations and we will all benefit from the way in which these solar systems will save more than 1,700 metric tons of CO2 per year,” Reverberi continued.
“Before beginning construction, we tested various solar module manufacturers but selected Innotech Solar thanks to its modules being produced in Europe and their outstanding temperature coefficient ( -0.38%/K ) which enables them to generate above-average yields even at high temperatures.”
Emanuele Paese, Head of Sales & Marketing Europe at Innotech Solar said it is especially gratifying that photovoltaic systems manufactured in Europe a large part of everyday life in the Province of Reggio Emilia.
" This definitely provides a great example to the young people living in the region, who are growing up to see renewable energy as the norm, benefitting us now and for generations to come,” Paese said.
The Scandinavian-German manufacturer supplied around 15,000 solar modules to the large-scale project. In total, these modules will generate more than 4,400 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year, which is enough to provide power to some 1,800 households in the region.
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