assigned only 5% of the available power- Corriere.it

In the year of Recovery plan, in the year in which the path of ecological transition, Italy remains hostile land for green energy. Today, Friday, we had the most sensational example: the auction for the installation of new systems was only 5% of the available power is assigned. Not even state incentives are tempting and the reason is always the same: building a photovoltaic or wind power plant requires at least 5 years of time before the long-awaited authorization arrives and this – once again – has put investors on the run. But above all, it risks making the ambitious goal set by the minister of ecological transition a utopia Roberto Cingolani.

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The Gse, the public company that assigns incentives to renewables had today auctioned 1,582 megawatts of new capacity. Offers have arrived from energy companies for just 98.9 megawatts and the green light has been given to projects for just 73.7 MW, less than 5% of the availability. The lion’s share – so to speak – in this race did it Enel which was awarded 44 megawatts. At the previous GSE auction, in May this year, it had fared slightly better, having been placed 12% of the available power. Energy companies do not want to invest in new plants in Italy because they are frightened by the very long authorization processes and by opposition of all kinds. the well known Nimby syndrome to which mayors, superintendencies, citizens’ committee with stamped papers and appeals to the Tar.

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All this means that Italy is awarded the black jersey in the race for clean energy. According to Renewable energy report 2021 of the Politecnico di Milano in 2020 the installed power in Italy was 784 megawatts, with a 35% drop compared to the previous year. Another scenario in other EU countries: the Spain, for example, he increased his green power of 3,000 megawatts but he had had requests for three times as much. Yet the simplification decree has introduced some changes. But for the authorizations for new renewable energy plants, the Simplifications Decree does not reduce the procedures, but size only 45 to 30 days the deadlines for a couple of opinions. A 30-day saving on an authorization process that lasts on average 5 and a half years he commented to the Ansa agency Simone Togni president of Anev, the association of wind energy companies. Who adds: At this rate The goal 70% of renewables will be achieved in 70 years.

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Gi, the future. The Pnrr provides for one for Italy forced decarbonization for which 5.9 billion euros will be made available. Minister Cingolani spoke of 70 gigawatt of energy from renewable sources to be installed over 9 years. This requires the creation of plants of over 7 gigawatts per year. But if you look at the roadmap maintained by Italy in recent years, the goal appears to be unattainable at the moment: plants for 0.7 gigawatts were born in 2020, in 2019 for 1.2 and in 2018 for 1.1. It would take a dizzying acceleration compared to the past, it would be necessary to find space a a flood of solar panels and wind towers overcoming all oppositions of a landscape nature. But in the month of June alone, no the construction of wind turbines in Basilicata, Mugello, Cir Marina, Termoli, Salento and the Egadi islands.

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