Soaring energy prices: gas +70% and electricity +100% in 5 years
Over the past year, however, the price trend has been stationary
Key points
While energy prices remained static in 2025, costs are 70% higher for gas and 100% higher for electricity in 2022.
Enea analysis
This is what emerges from the Enea analysis of Italy's energy system for the whole of 2025, which also shows a slight growth in renewables (+1%), although still far behind the Pniec targets (-20%). Preliminary figures for the first quarter of 2026 see CO2 emissions and energy consumption both falling by 1%.
"To reach the target of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) in the EU-27, a decrease in consumption of 3% per year on average would be required, while the Pniec in Italia sets a less 'ambitious' target than the EED, which would require a decrease of less than 2% per year to be reached,' explains Francesco Gracceva, who edits the Enea analysis.
Consumption
For primary sources, 2025 consumption sees gas consumption rising (+2%), due to colder temperatures and higher demand from power plants, but still 14% lower than the 2017-2022 average and in line with EU regulations. Oil consumption in transport remained unchanged, but fell in petrochemicals. Coal collapses (-16%) and is back to its lowest level in electricity generation. Electricity demand remains at 2024 levels, confirming the stationary degree of electrification of consumption.
Renewables
Although up by 1 percentage point, the share of renewables in final consumption still stands at just over 20%, compared to the 25% predicted by Pniec. Photovoltaics in particular grew (+25%), generating more than 1/6 of the total electricity production. Consumption by sector saw a slight increase in transport (+0.5%), while it remained static in the civil sector.
