Italy has just cleared a major hurdle in its clean energy future, setting aside enough room for 37.15 gigawatts of new solar, wind, hydropower and biogas projects — enough to power millions of homes with renewable electricity. The country's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security published the final FER X decree on August 7, 2026, after getting the green light from Italy's Court of Auditors. The decree, signed by Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, creates a national system to support renewable electricity generation that is getting closer to competing with traditional power sources on price. The final text includes seventeen articles and five annexes laying out exactly how the program works. What makes this especially notable is that Italy has opened the scheme to renewable projects located in other European Union countries as well, creating a broader market for clean energy investment across the continent. The support system works differently depending on how big an installation is. For small solar or wind setups under 200 kilowatts — roughly what you might see on a farm or small business — the public operator GSE buys and resells the electricity, paying a fixed tariff for twenty years. That gives project owners steady income they can count on for two decades. Larger installations, above 200 kilowatts, go through competitive auctions where projects bid down the price, and GSE pays or collects the difference between the awarded price and the market price. The decree also tackles where equipment comes from. Starting now, at least 30 percent of competitive solar and wind projects must meet strict rules about component origins — they cannot use parts mostly made in a handful of countries that dominate European supply chains. For solar, this means systems, modules, cells, and inverters must avoid those dominant sources. For the first time, wind turbines and drivetrains face the same requirements. These rules aim to build up European manufacturing capacity for clean energy equipment. The program runs through the end of 2030, though smaller direct-access projects get their own timeline: the support scheme ends sixty days after Italy fills its ten-gigawatt cap for solar alone. Market calculations must be published within sixty days, and operational rules are expected soon.