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Article: Italy: FACTBOX: Italian solar sector poised for rapid growth.
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- October 3, 2009
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Italy expects to boost capacity of photovoltaic (PV) installations, which turn sunlight into power, to 1,500 megawatts (MW) next year from about 900 MW by the end of 2009 helped by incentives, the state power management agency GSE estimates.
Following are key facts about the sector from GSE, industry body GIFI, and analysts:
* Italy is Europe's third-biggest PV power producer after Germany and Spain, but with a total installed capacity of about 630 MW at present, the country makes less than one percent of its power at PV facilities.
* Italy's current installed capacity is modest compared with about 3,200 MW installed in Spain and 5,300 MW in ...