Going on like this, Italy will not be able to hit the target the decarbonisation target which plans to reduce CO55 emissions by 2% by 2030 and then reach carbon neutrality in 2050. This is underlined by the study "The design of the authorization system to decarbonise and relaunch investments" presented by Elettricità Futura, the business association electrical appliances made in collaboration with Althesys.
The study starts from Simplifications decree. “a step forward, but still largely insufficient to unlock investments” reads the document. The survey shows that an authorization process has an average duration of 7 years, of which almost 6 years beyond the legal limits. There European directive on renewables, which Italy must transpose by the end of the month, establishes compliance with the two-year limit for procedures for renewable plants. However, the Elettricità Futura report certifies a delay of nearly six years which are added to the 2 years already provided for by law. Not only that, according to the survey, Italian companies support i highest cost in Europe to obtain the authorization of a renewable plant. "Failure to achieve the objectives of the Green Deal would have very negative impacts on the Italian energy and economic system, in terms of business competitiveness, quality of life, costs for consumers, as well as on the environment and health", comment the experts of the 'Association. Without a U-turn, the risk is to lose 100 billion euros between now and 2030. A figure that is obtained by adding the direct effects of investments in Italy, the net effects on the economic system and the reduction of emissions.
In the study, Elettricità Futura and Althesys put on paper the bureaucratic obstacles that companies are called upon to face, obstacles deriving from the multiplicity of institutions involved in the process and above all from the lack of a centralized entity that manages the procedure. These gaps create a system that is defined as "cumbersome, complex and stratified", lacking adequate coordination and a certain direction. The result? 46% of submitted projects are lost in the maze of bureaucracy and is never implemented, in defiance of the acceleration that the Government is trying to give to the process of ecological and energy transition.
"A more efficient Public Administration will make it possible to start new investments, reduce CO2 emissions, create jobs and protect our country from the climate emergency", declares Agostino Re Rebaudengo, President of Elettricità Futura, "The Simplification Decree currently being converted in these weeks, if improved, will be an important step in achieving the objectives of the 2030 Green Deal, while safeguarding the environment and the landscape".
“The study – underlines the economist Alessandro Marangoni, CEO of Althesys – highlights that the entire governance system needs to be rethought, ensuring coordination between the various bodies and the uniformity of regional procedures, even with a central body to implement the PNIEC. A strengthening of the burden sharing is also needed, defining which areas are not suitable for the construction of the plants. Finally, consensus towards renewables must be increased, involving local communities.”
