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Italy expands Europe’s first solar “gigafactory”
- mdp2021 4y ago> Enel [Ente Nazionale Energia Elettrica] inaugurated its expanded 3Sun solar panel manufacturing facility in [Catania, ]Sicily, making it the biggest factory in Europe [...] The total investment for the facility’s upgrade amounts to around €600 million > [It] will produce double-sided photovoltaic modules allowing the panel to capture sunlight from both sides. The technology increases the efficiency of PV cells to 30% while current technology has an efficiency of around 20% > The... factory, which currently has a production capacity of around 200 megawatts per year, plans to expand its production of photovoltaic panels to achieve 3 gigawatts by July 2024 > Europe’s ambition is to decrease dependence on China, which dominates global PV production -- ...A rare good sign of taking prudent measures and betting on critical industries.