Electricity: New Battery Factory in France, Wind and Solar Parks in Italy
The G7 summit, chaired by Italy, to be held June 13-15 in Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, will focus on strengthening the fight against climate change
French group Bolloré has announced that a new “gigafactory” will be built in eastern France to produce electric batteries that will be used to electrify transportation. According to the French newspaper Les Echos, the innovative project will be implemented by Blue Solutions, a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group operating in the battery manufacturing sector.
It is the fifth industrial project of this type: the first four plants will be built in the north of France, while the fifth project concerns the eastern part of the country and involves an investment of 2.2 billion euros, with the creation of 1500 new jobs. At full commercial capacity in 2040, the new plant will produce electric batteries with a total capacity of 24 gigawatt hours per year.
Meanwhile, in Italy, from Sardinia to Pescara, innovative new wind farm and photovoltaic panel electrical system projects were unveiled. Currently, wind and photovoltaic systems installed in Sardinia generate a total of 2.24 GW of electricity, of which 1.1 GW is generated by wind power and 1.14 GW by photovoltaic power. Following the implementation of a number of new projects as part of the development of green energy in Italy, Sardinia will be able to produce about 54,000 GWh of energy per year from wind farms, plus 41,800 GWh from photovoltaic plants, exceeding the island’s annual electricity consumption by about 11.8 times. In this context, Sardinia has started the process of obtaining authorization to connect to the national energy grid.
In connection with the G7 summit chaired by Italy, which will take place from June 13 to 15 in Borgo Egnazia, Puglia, a new project has been unveiled in Pescara for the construction of a photovoltaic system that will produce 1.26 GWh of electricity per year and which will offer clean and renewable energy to families and businesses. It was announced that the plant will be built on an area of nearly 5000 square meters and will consist of more than 2000 photovoltaic panels. The project, created by the Gelsia Group in collaboration with SunCity from Pescara, will be installed on the roof of an industrial building. The new plant will meet the green electricity needs of more than 400 families and reduce emissions by about 332 tons of CO2 per year, thus contributing to the decarbonization of Italy.
