Italian renewable energy companies in 2023 increased by 13.2% compared to the previous year, from 33,257 to 37,655.
This was revealed in the report "Productive geography of renewables in Italy" by the Symbola Foundation of Ermete Realacci and the Italian Exhibition Group, presented today at Key, the annual renewables fair in Rimini.
74.4% of Italian companies active or potentially active in the green sources supply chain work on photovoltaic, 37.1% on wind, 23.2% on bioenergy (i.e. biomass and biogas), 17.6% on hydroelectric , 13.0% on geothermal electricity and 8.1% on solar thermal.
Out of 37,655 companies, the average size is 9.5 employees, a figure which exceeds the average of the total of non-agricultural companies by 2.4 times.
Installation and maintenance companies stand out (39.2%), those engaged in energy production (13.8%), trade (12.3%), manufacturing (9.6%), rental and property management (6.4%), and consultancy, testing and monitoring activities (6.1%).
The distribution of companies by sector of activity remains rather stable between years.
Over a third of the companies have their registered office in Lombardy, Lazio and Campania.
Lombardy dominates with 6,035 companies, corresponding to 16.0% of the national total, followed by Lazio with 4,084 companies and a percentage of 10.8%.
Campania is third with 3,490 companies (9.3%), followed by Sicily with 3,018 (8.0%) and Veneto very close with 2,981 companies (7.9%).
These five regions together account for more than half of the total companies registered in the supply chain (52.1%).
For the overall renewable energy supply chain, the province of Rome stands out as a leader (with 3,096 companies, representing 8.2% of the total in Italy), influenced mainly by the presence of companies specialized in installation and maintenance operations.
They are followed by Milan with 2,748 companies (7.3%), Naples (1,569, 4.2%), Bolzano (1,220.3.2%) and Turin with (1,098, 2.9%).
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