Like Enel, “we have a commitment to install 2024 megawatts of batteries by 1.700. We are moving forward, we are in line with the plan”. He said it Nicola Lanzetta, director Italy of Enel, during the panel on energy transition within the Ambrosetti Forum, underway in Cernobbio. "It is a plan that has a very important ramp-up, there are already a few hundred megawatts in operation today, so these are important numbers, but we hope to reach them", said Lanzetta, explaining that this must be done " also because there is a commitment, not least formal and contractual, towards the capacity market, which must be maintained: if one wins those auctions, he must carry them out and that's it". On balance, therefore, the goal is to almost tenfold the megawatts currently in operation: “It is clear that most of these activities are already under construction and construction, that is, we are not starting today for construction and commissioning. The installations have started, but like any industrial apparatus, there is a construction period, the vast majority is already under construction, operation must take place in 2024-2025”, said Lanzetta.
Enel presented the study “Energy transition strategic supply chains. Industrial roadmap for Europe and Italy”, created by the Enel Foundation and The European House – Ambrosetti. According to the study, a series of strategic choices could allow the European Union and Italy to cover, by 2030, thanks to domestic manufacturing production, more than 50% of its photovoltaic panel needs, around 90% of the demand for batteries and over 60% of that for heat pumps. The development of national and European supply chains in key sectors for the energy transition can strengthen autonomy and guarantee economic, social and environmental benefits of up to 640 billion euros by 2030.
