(ANSA) - ROME, JUNE 07 - Italy is lagging behind in the construction of new renewable plants: in 2022, 206,600 were installed (206,167 of solar photovoltaic, 215 die-wind, 145 of hydroelectric and 73 of bioenergy) for "just 3.4Gigawatt". It is a "slow growth" and considering the average of installations in the last 3 years, in 2030 Italy will be able to reach only 25% of the climate objectives in terms of development of renewable sources, hitting the goal of 85 Gwdi new capacity not before 40 years. In the European ranking, Italy is "drastically" in 22nd place.
This is stated by Legambiente in the seventeenth edition of the "Renewable Municipalities" Report, which this year focuses on blocking clean sources for "obsolete and fragmented rules, slow authorizations and bureaucratic delays". The protagonists of new installations are the territories of 8 regions: Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily those with the highest installed capacity between wind and photovoltaic (respectively 420 Megawatts, 338 MW, 321 MW).
In 2022, Italy took a step forward (in 2021 1.35 GW were installed), but "the numbers are still too far from the European annual average to achieve the 2030 decarbonisation targets". In total, there are 1.3 million plants in the country.
In 2022, explains the environmental association, there were 7,317 municipalities in which new green plants were built (only + 14.4% compared to 2021) and there are 7,879 those in which there is at least one plant for the production of electricity from renewable sources. The 3% renewable electric municipalities rise to 535,45, equal to 100% of the total, (only 42 more than in 2021).
Also in 2022, coverage from renewable sources compared to electricity consumption fell to 2012 levels, equal to 31% due to drought that reduced hydroelectric production by 37.7% compared to 2021. (ANSA).
Italy slow in renewables, 85 GW not before 40 years
2023-06-07T08:33:27.471Z
Highlights: Italy is lagging behind in the construction of new renewable plants. In 2022, 206,600 were installed (206,167 of solar photovoltaic, 215 die-wind, 145 of hydroelectric and 73 of bioenergy) for "just 3.4Gigawatt" In 2030 Italy will be able to reach only 25% of the climate objectives in terms of development of renewable sources. In the European ranking, Italy is "drastically" in 22nd place.
(ANSA)