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Power plants in Italy

396 power-plant records · 73,095 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 56%
  • Hydro 15%
  • Gas 14%
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Italy at a glance

Power-plant records
396
Reported capacity
73,095 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
50.2%
Most records
Solar, Hydro
Grid operator
Terna
Capital
Rome

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Italy

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Gas is the main fuel, with hydro, solar and imports. GME runs the power exchange, split into price zones. The regulated household tariff ended in 2024.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

Terna, controlled by the state, owns and runs transmission; e-distribuzione (Enel) runs most local networks.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Italy generates electricity

Electricity generated267.6 TWh
Renewable share50.2%
Low-carbon share50.2%
Carbon intensity281.4 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro53.1 TWh
Wind22.2 TWh
Solar36 TWh
Bioenergy17.2 TWh
Other renewables5.7 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal4 TWh
Gas118.6 TWh
Other fossil10.8 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

The Alps form Italy’s northern arc, while the Apennines run through its Mediterranean peninsula. Sicily and Sardinia add large island systems; hydro, geothermal and thermal records show contrasting regional settings.

Capital
Rome
Languages
Italian
Major cities
Rome, Milan, Naples

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 396 records for Italy. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

396 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

283 lack an owner/operator; 320 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Italy

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Browse 396 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

2,640 MW
Owner in source
ENEL
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Reuters · historical recordDetails & map
1,569 MW
Owner in source
Edipower
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Edipower · historical recordDetails & map
1,520 MW
Owner in source
E. On
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2005
Source status
Operating status unverified
E.ON · historical recordDetails & map
1,457 MW
Owner in source
E On
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2013
Source status
Operating status unverified
E.ON · historical recordDetails & map
1,280 MW
Owner in source
ENEL
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
ENEL · historical recordDetails & map

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