Located in Puglia, Italy, the 6.5 MWdc Ginosa project has a long-term PPA with BKW Energy. Construction created around 50 jobs, and total annual production will be 11.7 GWh. The project will displace an estimate of 3,700 tons of CO2 emission per year and generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 4,000 Italian homes.
Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has announced full commercial operations at the 6.5 MWdc Ginosa solar plant in Puglia, Italy.
Ginosa is the first fully operational project in Zelestra’s Italian portfolio, which includes more than 1.4 GW of solar and battery energy storage projects in total across the country.
The Agri-PV project, which supported around 50 jobs in construction, forms part of a broader collaboration with BKW Energy, via a 10-year power purchased agreement (PPA) with Zelestra. As well as Ginosa, the agreement will also see the delivery of the Bellomo agrivoltaic project located in Modica, Sicily, which will have an installed capacity of 9.5 MWdc.
Located in the province of Taranto, Ginosa will have an annual production of 11.7 GWh, enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 4,000 Italian homes and avoid the emission of nearly 3,700 tons of C02 per year.
Bianca Sarbu, Head of Trading & Origination at BKW, said: 'This successful operationalization clearly demonstrates how strong partnerships help bring more renewable energy into the system. Together with Zelestra, BKW is creating the future of clean energy in Italy and accelerating the transition toward a more sustainable power mix.'
Eliano Russo, Zelestra’s CEO in Italy, said: '2026 will be another year of major expansion for Zelestra in Italy, and fully energizing our first solar project is the perfect catalyst for the growth journey ahead. Bringing this project online has taken many years of careful planning and design, detailed consultation with local communities and authorities, and of course the committed support of our customer BKW. We are now focused on doubling our 1.4 GW pipeline this year, completing the Bellomo agrivoltaics project, and starting construction on many further projects that we secured contracts for last year in the FER X auctions.'
Italy is one of Zelestra’s fastest growing markets. The company recently closed their first green financing agreement in the country for around 13 million euros in relation to Ginosa and Bellomo. In December 2025, Zelestra secured contracts for 9 projects in Italy’s FER X auctions that will allow new solar capacity of up to 168 MW to be constructed.
The company also recently announced the initial offtake agreement for a large-scale 2 GWh BESS project to be located in the north of Italy, one of the largest battery storage projects in Europe.
Source: Zelestra
