A structural hoax. You didn't define it that way Roberto Cingolani, but he came very close. He explained to the Senators of the Industry Commission the other day that the latest increases in electricity bills have been triggered for the increase in the price of hydrocarbons and for the cost of carbon emissions in the European trading system, Ets (Emissions trading scheme). But “the risk - said the Minister - is that every quarter we end up with a 20% increase. And the only way out of these increases is to increase the production of energy from renewable sources as quickly as possible”.
Italy has been dealing with an energy system in search of balance for at least ten years. Every project to switch to renewables has had to contend with the slowness of private investments, stressful and paradoxical authorization procedures, oppositions of various kinds. When Europe launched the Green deal two years ago, under the threat of climate change, the country had to revise every previous scenario. Above all – it should be remembered – for deal with a transition with greater realism. Thinking, that is, of a long period of coexistence between fossil and renewable sources. Despite the imprudent rulers of the time cultivating the illusion of the opposite, it then happened that the EU raised the objective of reducing polluting emissions to 55% by 2030. Everyone, then, had to review plans, strategies and conveniences. Thinking back to historical synergies between public and private which for better or worse have typified Italian capitalism, it is now up to Cingolani to update the previous National Energy Plan (Pniec). Starting from the simplification of procedures, the new Pniec provides for 2030, 27 gigawatts of energy from programmable clean sources and 87 from non-programmable ones. Of the 56 GigaWatt of renewables present, 24 are, in fact, programmable hydroelectric, biomass and geothermal and 32 non-programmable, wind and photovoltaic. A panorama to be redesigned with the contribution of the entire production system, largely linked to traditional energies. Then we will also think about new generation nuclear power, putting a part of the money from the PNRR into it.
But at this point the cut of harmful emissions on a European scale should be immediately considered. The system of emission exchanges between countries is not always convincing, whereas alongside countries well oriented towards renewables there are others decidedly reluctant. Coal, gas, old nuclear power plants make (and we fear will continue to make) a difference along with lower public and private investments for environmental sustainability. Total greenhouse gas reductions for 2030 must reach 55% among all 27. For Italy the percentage is 51% with an important strategic value. If a few days ago the world of renewable energy companies criticized certain choices contained in the PNRR, Cingolani undertook to "review the auction system for the installation of renewable plants" on behalf of the government. Maybe a kind of compensation for not having obstacles on his plan. ”From September – he says – we start with the new auctions with new simplified rules”. The auctions will have a fixed frequency, a clear timetable on the Ministry's website and greater guarantees for investors. If a company fails to participate in that auction, it knows that after six months there will be another one, he explained in the Senate. Otherwise we will end up with increases in the bill: the equivalent that it is always the citizens who pay.
