Last month, plans were announced for covering the Milan Trade Fair with an 18-MW rooftop solar array – which would be the world’s largest solar array. Now, Itally will also be able to claim the second largest rooftop array. The new array will be on the Interporto di Padova in Padua and will have a capacity of 15 MW.

The array will take up 2.7 million square feet, consist of 67,500 solar panels and will be able to produce enough power for 5,000 households. Once operational, the array will prevent the emission of 9,000 metric tons of CO2 a year or 3,200 metric tons of crude oil. Construction on the massive array will start in September by Italian solar PV-maker SOLON.