GreenIT commissions two solar plants in Piedmont with combined 19 MW capacity and 30 GWh annual output

GreenIT just flipped the switch on two new solar parks in Italy’s Piedmont region, adding another piece to the joint venture’s growing renewable energy puzzle in the country. The plants sit in the provinces of Vercelli and Alessandria, pack a combined installed capacity of around 19 MW, and are expected to push out nearly 30 GWh of electricity every year.

GreenIT is owned 51% by Plenitude and 49% by CDP Equity.

Two Piedmont solar plants begin operations

GreenIT handled everything itself — development, construction, commissioning — no outside developer in the picture. The Vercelli and Alessandria sites now plug roughly 19 MW of clean capacity into Italy’s national grid, and together they’re on track to deliver close to 30 GWh a year — enough to cover the electricity needs of roughly 11,000 Italian households.

It’s also a model gaining traction across Europe, where developers increasingly target brownfield sites to avoid competing with farmland or protected areas.

What this announcement makes clear is that GreenIT has moved past the planning stage and into actual generation. The company is five years old. Getting two plants into production simultaneously is a real sign of operational momentum.

Technology and site characteristics

Each plant runs on about 32,000 high-efficiency bifacial photovoltaic modules. These panels capture sunlight from both sides — front and rear — which gives them an output edge over conventional single-sided panels right out of the gate.

The modules also sit on single-axis solar tracking systems that tilt throughout the day to follow the sun’s path, squeezing out more direct irradiance from sunrise to sunset. Bifacial tech combined with tracking is now fairly standard for large-scale solar, though it still outperforms fixed-tilt setups by a meaningful margin in annual output.

What really sets these two sites apart is their backstory. Both were former extraction sites — industrial land left degraded after years of use. GreenIT didn’t build on empty fields; it redeveloped contaminated ground specifically for renewable energy generation. That’s an environmental win reaching beyond the clean electricity these parks will produce. It’s also a model gaining traction across Europe, where developers increasingly target brownfield sites to avoid competing with farmland or protected areas.

Impact on GreenIT’s expansion pipeline

Commissioning these two plants isn’t a finish line — it’s more of a checkpoint. GreenIT already has additional solar facilities under construction in Campania and Piedmont, with a combined capacity of around 30 MW, expected to come online somewhere between late 2026 and early 2027.

That timeline points to something worth noting: GreenIT is running a continuous development cycle. New plants enter construction as earlier ones reach commissioning — a pipeline model rather than a one-project-at-a-time approach. New capacity will keep coming online on a fairly regular basis.

CEO Paolo Bellucci put the milestone in broader terms. “The commissioning of these two plants marks an important step in GreenIT’s growth journey and reinforces our ambition to become one of Italy’s leading operators in the solar and wind energy sector,” he said. “This achievement demonstrates our tangible commitment to expanding renewable energy generation and supporting the country’s energy transition pathway.”

That mention of wind is worth paying attention to. GreenIT’s stated ambition covers both solar and wind, even if everything announced so far leans heavily on solar. Whether wind projects are already moving through development hasn’t been confirmed in public disclosures.

Background: GreenIT and Italy’s energy transition goals

GreenIT launched in 2021 as a joint venture between Plenitude — an Eni subsidiary holding a 51% stake — and CDP Equity, which holds the remaining 49%. The mission is straightforward: develop, build, and operate renewable energy facilities across Italy.

Five years in, the company has gone from early-stage development to active power generation. Its solar pipeline currently exceeds 300 MW at an advanced stage — a substantial volume of projects working through permitting, financing, and construction.

That pipeline fits into a bigger national picture. Italy’s National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan — the NECP — lays out the country’s 2030 targets for renewable deployment, and utility-scale solar is expected to do much of the heavy lifting. Projects like GreenIT’s Piedmont parks contribute directly to closing that gap, even when each individual plant is measured in tens of megawatts rather than gigawatts. The Plenitude–CDP Equity ownership structure also reflects a broader pattern in Italian energy: established majors and state-backed financial institutions co-investing in renewable platforms to accelerate deployment at scale.

Single-axis tracking systems

GreenIT has commissioned two solar parks in Piedmont — one in Vercelli province, one in Alessandria — with a combined installed capacity of roughly 19 MW and an expected annual output of nearly 30 GWh. Both plants use bifacial modules on single-axis tracking systems and were built on remediated former extraction sites.

Around 30 MW more is under construction in Campania and Piedmont, targeted for operation by early 2027. The broader solar development pipeline exceeds 300 MW. GreenIT is a 2021 joint venture between Plenitude (51%) and CDP Equity (49%), with a mission to grow Italy’s renewable generation capacity in line with the country’s NECP 2030 targets.

Kelly Lippke

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