Italy has officially reported that 1850 MW of new solar photovoltaics (PV) systems were installed in 2010, substantially exceeding industry estimates.

Gesore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) added that data is still coming in for 2010 and that the total installed solar PV capacity through 2010 may reach 3 GW from 150,000 systems.  This does indeed demonstrate significant growth compared to previous years where 711 MW of solar PV  was installed in 2009, 340 MW in 2008, and only 60 MW in 2007.

GSE says that there are an additional 4 GW of solar PV from 55,000 systems in the pipeline that potentially will bring total installed capacity to 7 GW

Development of solar PV in Italy has been attributed to their own feed-in tariffs, Conto Energia, that pays for every kilowatt-hour generated by solar panels whether owned by homeowners, small businesses, or the Vatican.

Similarly, the UK’s own Clean Energy CashBack scheme could help UK homeowners benefit from substantial Government incentives available to those wishing to install Solar PV systems.

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