Energy chain: 'Turning point in Europe for a single price for electricity'
The sector calls for homogeneous mechanisms also on taxation. Girardi (Anie): 'Shared transition proportional to the industry's capacity'
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"It would be important to have a cost of energy and a common taxation in all EU countries, together with an interconnected European electricity grid, where states with higher production capacity can balance the lower production of others, and equal technical standards for all. As well as smart grids protected with investments in cybersecurity.
Green Transition and Industry
The green transition must be shared and proportional to the industry's ability to achieve it, for stronger global competitiveness and the construction of a future where, at the production and distribution level, there is no dependence on third countries'. This is how Filippo Girardi, president of Anie - the federation representing the electrotechnology and electronics industrial sectors - summarises the sector's requests to Europe: 'The network technology sector should be a vital interest. Europe needs a strong industrial base to support the electricity system and enable it to grow and innovate in an increasingly resilient manner'.
In May, the average Pun value in Italy was EUR 95 per MWh, compared to 67 in Germany, 27 in Scandinavia, 30 in Spain and 27 in France. In April, the European Parliament approved the reform of the EU electricity market, which introduces long-term solutions, such as contracts for difference, that promote the use of renewables. Moving decisively down the clean energy path is a demand of all companies in the energy chain.
Fossil fuel reduction
."Europe has saved more than 170 billion in 2022 due to the reduced supply of fossil fuels for power generation. It is of paramount importance that the new policy direction confirms the direction of decarbonisation in order to reach the 2030 targets, accelerating the path towards greater energy security, to the benefit of economic and industrial competitiveness and to counteract the rapid climate change underway," comments Agostino Re Rebaudengo, president of Elettricità Futura.
On the single energy price, theoretically attractive to most, renewables operators are cautious, pointing out some difficulties (how to compensate for the extra profits paid by the Italians? How to put French nuclear on an equal footing with Italian hydro? How to overcome physical limits to interconnection?) and pointing out other priorities.
