Anna De Lillo**, Saverio Li Causi**, Salvatore Castello**, Salvatore Guastella* 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition Milano 3-7 Settembre 2007 *CESI RICERCA **ENEA C.R. Casaccia This paper describe the status of the photovoltaic technology in Italy analyzing the market and the most significant sectors of photovoltaic power application, the promoting initiatives, the industry status and as well as the research and development activities. Overall value of manufacture and sale and the net value of the products. As far as the Feed-in Programme, the first results and the perspectives are discussed, highlighting the differences between the new and the old decrees, the incentive tariffs and the related pay back time, taking into account the trend in component and system prices. The required resources, the estimated labour places as well as the monitoring activities aimed at evaluating the programme results and plant performances have also been illustrated. Moreover, a general overview on the industry status and on research and development activities will be provided describing the major manufacturers involved in the production of cells, modules and balance of system, the company able to design and install systems, as well as the organizations and the related research and development areas and activities.