Italy has awarded €770 million ($864.8 million) to 7,409 agricultural businesses for 505 MW of rooftop solar, while 7,610 applications were deemed ineligible.
Italy has allocated all available funding under the latest round of its Agrisolare scheme, awarding €770.4 million in grants to 7,409 projects for approximately 505 MW of rooftop solar capacity on agricultural, livestock and agro-industrial buildings.
The Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE), Italy’s energy services manager, published the list of approved projects under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) measure, which implements a decree issued by the Ministry of Agriculture on Dec. 17, 2025.
Three additional lists published by GSE show that 1,863 eligible applications were not funded because the budget had been exhausted. These applications represent €187.3 million in requested grants and approximately 170 MW of solar capacity.
A further 7,610 applications were deemed ineligible, representing €775.4 million in requested grants. Another 37 applicants withdrew, accounting for €3.9 million.
In total, the scheme received 16,919 applications seeking approximately €1.74 billion in grants — more than twice the amount awarded. Around 45% of applications failed the eligibility checks, and the value of grants sought by ineligible applicants exceeded the amount allocated to successful projects.
In May, Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida told the Senate that approximately 16,000 businesses had applied, with around 8,000 expected to receive funding in an initial phase. He said the government hoped to find additional resources for the remaining applicants.
Lombardy received the largest allocation, with 884 projects awarded €145.2 million, representing 18.8% of the total funding, for 92 MW of solar capacity. Veneto followed with 735 projects and €99.5 million, while Emilia-Romagna received €84.6 million across 633 projects. Piedmont had 664 projects awarded €72.5 million.
Sicily was the leading region in southern Italy, with 617 projects and €58.3 million in grants, followed by Puglia with €55.1 million and Campania with €48.9 million.
By province, Cuneo received the most funding, at €39.2 million, followed by Mantua with €37.3 million, Brescia with €37.1 million and Verona with €36 million.
The largest individual grant, at €1.54 million, went to Società agricola Dossi di Franguelli Eugenio & C. in Costa de’ Nobili, in the province of Pavia, for an 847 kW installation. A pig farm in Roncade, in the province of Treviso, received €1.38 million for a 764 kW system, while a poultry farm in Scandolara Ravara, in the province of Cremona, was awarded €1.24 million for a system of approximately 1 MW.
The average grant was approximately €1,500 per kW of solar capacity.
Applications were submitted through the GSE platform between March 10 and April 9, 2026. Successful applicants have 18 months from the grant award to complete construction, subject to justified extensions. Final reporting must be completed by Dec. 31, 2028.
The earlier version of the Agrisolare scheme approved approximately 23,000 projects representing 1.7 GW of solar capacity.
From pv magazine Italia
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