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Plant operators can request the grid operator to expand the grid if the connection of a plant requires this expansion. Normalised (averaged) hydroelectric statistics suggest a slight upward trend in generation despite wet and dry years influencing the overall production in any given year.
0�_* Italy derived most of its electricity from thermal power in 2017 with the same contributing to 50.7 percent of its installed capacity. 2014 saw a record year in production at 58,545 GWh. Non hydroelectric renewable electricity more than doubled during the period growing from 25,848 GWh in 2010 to 62,748 GWh in 2015, a rise from around 9.3% to 22.3% of total gross generation. 'a0��u�ڧ�rz�� b܋IE����ً��Ȱ $�'�w�q2��A�E�P�/5Q�_�r6U�?��b������l��C��^����ݕET[j�-EJ+���� >�W���!����a`Q}�������8u�5���J>�u$���@/�B~����B�sf{�0�;�.�q��Ɲ���6g vg:����;E��ޝ�0�OV�j����*�* �5Ue���!����d��3[�Cx��m�\�1YG���c�O�W$QD�� M�����;��!�� (N�Zn6�D��Ν@������r��IKI���SD�F!��7_�S�9O=Y�@�����g�k- ��J"�d��o�|& Italy on a Clear Path to Renewable-Dominant Future. They will be rated according to the carbon emission and the products that they are producing will be rated accordingly.
Solar generation provided the next largest share at around 8.1%, a figure which is remarkable given that most solar installations have occurred since 2010. The greatest increase was in solar power which has been strongly supported by government incentives.
Grid operators are obliged to give priority access to renewable energy plants. They are also obliged to give priority dispatch to electricity from renewable sources. Wind power rose by a little over 60% during the period whilst geothermal production rose by a little under 15%. Out of Italy's electricity mix, about 50% comes from gas, roughly 15% from coal, more than 20% comes from renewable sources and the rest is imported. Italy’s energy policy is strongly pro-renewables. Its largest scheme incentivised solar PV production and lead Italy from a low base of installed PV in 2010 to become the world's fourth largest country by installations by the end of 2014, ahead of the US at that time. Containing costs is a priority, and policies need to focus on bringing deployment costs towards international benchmarks. Currently, the investment loans to support research, development and new RES plants are not available, as the budget has been exhausted and for 2017 no funding has been foreseen. It is far behind its western Mediterranean neighbour As with hydroelectricity geothermal power has been used in Italy for many decades. �(�>~������k� AAA���J ��H||U�����&Z�t3�����"(��\�5�c��g_Ň�r��x�A�̡-�F�8�|Y�2�O5��A]t���V�is�t6��Se�_W\��*.��_�7y�$b �H����۲������V~�o_�X;�a�s��.O �2�20˒�t�tš!�[Ϟ�[XS�0�D��s˲5��׆�B�S�sh�%r����p��~���v�{��v��5�Y�˓
�` This was succeeded by Conto Energia 4 which resulted in the largest increase in solar capacity so far at 7,600 MW of installed power at the annual cost of €2.47 billion. In 2015 renewable electricity provided around 37.9% of Italy's total gross electricity production, a fall from around 43.1% in the previous year due to large yearly variations in hydroelectric production.
The maximum total cost of the schemes has an upper limit of €5.8 billion annuallyGathering together the total annual costs of incentives applied to each renewable energy source the following table and chart show these in order of size: © 2012 Renewable energy policy database and support In 2014 Italy was the world's leading country in terms of solar power coverage of domestic electricity supply, with around 8% of total electricity generation being sourced from solar. Data from GSE.it Installed capacity grew from 772 MW in 2010 to 824 MW by 2015.