Greater development of renewables compared to the latest version of the Pniec (the national energy plan) could bring savings in Italians' bills of up to 25 billion euros overall from 2024 to 2035. This
is the message launched by the report from the energy and environment Althesys "Governance of the system, the key to the transition", presented at the Key renewables fair in Rimini.
The latest update of the Pniec, presented in June 2023, provides for the Italian electricity sector to have a share of renewables in final energy consumption of 65% in 2030. This would translate into an installed power of approximately 131 gigawatts and a production of FER (renewable energy sources ) of approximately 228Terawatt hours.
However, the plan was deemed too conservative by operators in the sector.
Elettricità Futura, the association of electricity companies, a member of Confindustria, has proposed raising both the renewable electricity target and the reduction target for Co2 emissions.
The share of renewables in gross domestic electricity consumption by 2030 should rise to 73%, with a 75% reduction in Co2 emissions and 143 Gw of total installed renewable power.
This means installing at least 84 Gw of new renewable power in the next 7 years and 80 Gwh of storage.
This increase in capacity would translate into overall bill savings for families and businesses of 3 billion euros from 2024 to 2030 and 25.1 billion euros from 2024 to 2035.
In addition to this saving, the costs of fossil fuel supply would be reduced overall by 1.2 billion euros overall in the period 2024-2030 and by 5.1 billion between 2024 and 2035. The costs of purchasing Ets permits for the emission of Co2 from part of industries and energy producers would decline by 1.7 billion euros between 2024 and 2030 and by 10.4 billion between 2024 and 2035.
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