Comal SpA, an Italian engineering company, has announced plans to build a 500MW solar module assembly facility in Italy’s L’Aquila province.

An industrial building has been selected for the €16m project, with production due to start in 2025. According to Comal SpA, the facility’s products will be “innovative and high efficiency”.

The company has explained that Abruzzo region’s Next Appennino Misura B1.2 – B3.3 incentive program will fund the plan in conjunction with Mediocredito Centrale, an Italian bank.

Additionally, a solar “Tracker Sun Hunter” factory in Montalto di Castro, Viterbo, is in Comal SpA’s pipeline. It will cover 30,000sqm in Enel’s Montalto di Castro power plant which is no longer in use for generating electricity.