Melita has welcomed Hon. Dr Miriam Dalli, Minister for Energy, the Environment and the Regeneration of the Grand Harbour, to its 3.5 MWp solar farm in Mqabba. The Minister was shown round by Melita’s CEO, Harald Roesch, and by Kevin Borg, Head of Customer Operations & AI Deployment.
The solar farm sits in a former quarry and covers around 24,000 square metres, roughly three and a half football pitches, with almost 5,000 photovoltaic panels. Over a year it produces the equivalent of more than 40% of Melita’s electricity use, or enough to power around 900 homes.
“Our networks are critical national infrastructure, and keeping them resilient, efficient and powered by clean energy is part Melita’s responsibility to Malta,” said Roesch. “Mqabba is an important part of delivering on that responsibility, alongside moving our fleet to electric vehicles and cutting energy use across our offices. Malta’s future will be digital and clean energy is an important part of that for us.”
The project is one part of Melita’s wider plan to reduce its emissions. In 2025, 68% of Melita’s fleet was electric, and the company aims to reach 85% by the end of 2026. Office electricity use is down 19% since 2023.
As land is Malta’s scarcest resource, building this solar farm on a former quarry adds renewable capacity without taking new land. It took several years and close work with many stakeholders, and it is now delivering in line with projections.
Melita is looking at further opportunities to generate its own renewable energy as suitable sites become available.
For more information see melita.com/sustainability.
