{"id":46292,"date":"2026-06-26T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/46292\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:23:12","slug":"iberdrola-commissions-243-mw-fenix-solar-plant-in-sicily-its-largest-photovoltaic-project-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/46292\/","title":{"rendered":"Iberdrola Commissions 243 MW F\u00e9nix Solar Plant in Sicily, Its Largest Photovoltaic Project in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/solarquarter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iberdrola-inaugura-fenix-italia-726x484-1.jpg?fit=726%2C484&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iberdrola-inaugura-fenix-italia-726x484-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"iberdrola-inaugura-fenix-italia-726x484\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iberdrola has commissioned the 243 MW F\u00e9nix photovoltaic plant in Sicily, marking the company\u2019s largest solar project in Italy. The facility is now operational and is expected to generate nearly 400,000 MWh of electricity annually, sufficient to meet the equivalent electricity demand of more than 140,000 households.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.growatt.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782469392_84_Growatt-Banner1.png\" alt=\"Growatt\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F\u00e9nix solar plant is located across the municipalities of Centuripe, Patern\u00f2 and Belpasso, spanning the provinces of Enna and Catania in Sicily. The project is designed to strengthen Italy\u2019s renewable energy capacity by increasing domestic clean electricity generation and supporting the country\u2019s energy transition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constructed with the involvement of more than 500 professionals during peak construction, the facility comprises over 413,000 bifacial photovoltaic modules. The project is connected to the national electricity grid through 26 kilometres of medium-voltage transmission lines and 9 kilometres of high-voltage transmission lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Iberdrola, a significant share of the plant\u2019s electricity generation has been secured through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with leading Italian companies. The agreements are expected to provide participating businesses with stable electricity prices, improved energy security and enhanced long-term competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inauguration ceremony was attended by Hugh Elliott, Executive President of Iberdrola Energ\u00eda Internacional, Valerio Faccenda, Country Manager of Iberdrola Italia, Miguel \u00c1ngel Fern\u00e1ndez-Palacios Mart\u00ednez, Spain\u2019s Ambassador to Italy, along with regional and municipal authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commissioning of the F\u00e9nix solar plant represents a major milestone in Iberdrola\u2019s expansion strategy in Italy. The company said the project will contribute to a more secure, sustainable and self-sufficient energy system while supporting industrial electrification, local employment and regional economic development.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from SolarQuarter<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iberdrola has commissioned the 243 MW F\u00e9nix photovoltaic plant in Sicily, marking the company\u2019s largest solar project in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[66,146,866,1334,861,4433],"class_list":["post-46292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iberdrola","tag-europe","tag-iberdrola","tag-italy","tag-renewableenergy","tag-solar-energy","tag-solar-plant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}