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title: "Melita Opens €2.56 Million Solar Farm at Former Mqabba Quarry"
date: 2026-11-06T11:00:46.087+00:00
updated: 2026-11-08T02:02:28.269+00:00
topics: ["Environment", "National", "Business"]
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source: Fil-Qosor
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# Melita Opens €2.56 Million Solar Farm at Former Mqabba Quarry

## In brief

- Melita has developed a €2.56 million solar farm located within a disused quarry in Mqabba.
- The installation can generate enough renewable electricity to power roughly 900 households.
- All power generated by the privately financed project will be exported directly into the national grid.

Telecommunications provider Melita has completed a €2.56 million solar farm constructed within a former quarry in Mqabba. The facility has the capacity to generate sufficient green energy to meet the electricity needs of approximately 900 households.

The development gives a new purpose to degraded industrial land, converting the former stone extraction site into an operational hub for clean power generation.

All electricity generated by the solar farm will be exported directly to the national grid, providing an additional feed of renewable energy into Malta's electricity network.

The project was fully funded through private investment and forms part of Melita's corporate sustainability targets to reduce its environmental footprint.

Converting exhausted quarries into photovoltaic plants has become an increasingly popular solution in Malta, allowing developers to build large energy arrays without using agricultural land or natural open spaces.

The installation reflects an ongoing trend across the local business sector to commit private capital to large renewable energy projects.

## The Spin Room

**Low media divide.** All outlets reported this development consistently without notable framing differences.

## Updates

- **2026-11-08:** Updated with reporting from The Malta Independent and ONE News: the €2.56 million installation will feed renewable power directly into the national grid to supply roughly 900 homes.

## Sources (4)

- [Lovin Malta](https://lovinmalta.com/news/watch-melita-transforms-former-malta-quarry-into-e2-56-million-solar-farm/)
- [The Malta Independent](https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2026-11-05/local-news/2-56-million-solar-farm-in-Mqabba-to-generate-electricity-equivalent-to-needs-of-900-households-6736294398)
- [Times of Malta](https://timesofmalta.com/article/mqabba-quarry-turned-solar-farm-capable-powering-900-homes.1136692)
- [ONE News](https://one.com.mt/melita-tinvesti-e2-56-miljun-fsolar-farm-fl-imqabba-li-kapaci-tipprovdi-l-elettriku-ghal-madwar-900-dar/)

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