Composed of 10,046 next generation photovoltaic panels, the plant has 5.5 MW of power, sufficient to meet the annual needs of over 3,200 households.

Italgen, a company that has operated in the renewable energy sector for over a century, continues its process of development and diversification of energy generation sources by inaugurating a new photovoltaic plant in Modugno (BA) built as part of the project to redevelop an abandoned industrial area.

Made with cutting-edge technologies, the Modugno plant is made up of 10,046 next generation panels and has a total power of 5,480 kW with an expected generation of 8,500 MW/year, equal to the annual consumption of about 3,200 households. Renewable, fully green energy, with savings in terms of emissions of no less than 2,700 tonnes of CO2 per year.

“We are proud that we have created a renewable energy generation plant, with zero new soil consumption, which gives new life to an abandoned industrial area, leaving a 20-hectare natural park as a gift to the territory," commented Luca Musicco, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Italgen. “With the inauguration of the photovoltaic park in Modugno, Italgen not only increases its generation capacity by almost 10%, but also takes another important step in its process of sustainable development.”

The construction of the plant stems from the collaboration between Italgen and the Municipality of Modugno and forms part of a project to redevelop the industrial area of Modugno, home to a quarry and the Italcementi cement plant, which had not been used for many years.

Italgen, the owner of the area, built the photovoltaic park on an area of 6 hectares that was once occupied by industrial facilities, so without consuming any new land, and donated the rest to the Municipality for the construction of a natural park for public use of about 20 hectares, which increases the green areas in Modugno by about 5 times. As part of the project, the company has also built a pedestrian and bicycle path which winds through the park with a viewpoint looking out over the lake that has formed in the former quarry.