Qair has begun construction of its 24.2 MWp Castellammare solar project in Sicily, taking another Italian development into the delivery phase.
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The company announced the start on 5 November after signing an engineering, procurement and construction contract with SIREOS and a financing agreement with Crédit Agricole. It expects commercial operation in July 2027.
That date is a project target, and the plant is not yet generating under the announced development. Qair did not disclose the construction contract’s value or the amount of financing in the release.
The work adds to Qair’s existing Italian operations, which include a 9 MW solar plant in Marrubiu, Sardinia, and a 12.5 MW wind farm at Garessio in Piedmont. Castellammare is a separate project in Sicily.
For the supply chain, the material development is the move into construction with an identified EPC contractor and lender. The announcement does not specify a workforce requirement or a number of new jobs.
Source: Qair’s 5 November construction announcement.
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Image credit: San Bellino solar power plant, Veneto, Italy, 28 August 2011. Illustrative Italian solar file photograph, not Qair’s Castellammare project in Sicily. Threecharlie / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
