EDP partners with IGAT (SIAD Group) to deploy its largest solar power plant with storage in Italy

IGAT, an Italian chemical company belonging to The SIAD Group and specializing in the production of industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, and EDP Energia Italia, the Italian division of the EDP Group and a European leader in distributed solar generation, have signed a partnership to build a distributed generation (DG) photovoltaic plant—the largest EDP project in Italy integrated with a storage system.

The solar plant will be installed at IGAT’s industrial site in the province of Caserta, and will have a total capacity of 2.5 MWp, boosting the company’s flexibility in energy management and enhancing its decarbonization. IGAT recently secured funding through Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for its “Green Hydrogen” initiative, which will produce green hydrogen through an electrolyzer powered by EDP’s photovoltaic plant.

The solar plant, expected to become operational this year, will consist of more than 3,400 photovoltaic panels installed at IGAT’s facilities and will generate about 3.5 GWh of energy per year. At the same time, the storage system will have an installed capacity of 1 MWh, which will allow excess energy generated during low-demand periods to be stored and available whenever it’s needed. This capacity allows for up to two hours of energy storage at full power.

Thanks to this solution, the production site will reduce its dependence on the electricity grid, while benefiting from a significant reduction in energy costs and decreasing CO₂ emissions by over 1,100 tons per year, an amount equivalent to the carbon dioxide absorbed by over 7,000 trees.