Energy Transition Observatory

A2A study with Teha: in Italia, they could unlock 825 billion by 2050. A focus on networks and renewables will lead to a reduction in energy costs

Investments: utilities could generate up to 33 billion a year in the post-PNRR era

The impact on the system of the climate crisis and geopolitical developments

Electricity: producers say 2026 will be an exceptional year; more renewables now

Among the sectors most affected is the paper industry: trade unions are also sounding the alarm, alongside industry associations

ETS: the crux of the issue regarding reduced safeguards for sectors at risk of relocation

Many provisions of the Ppwr are coming into force: from coffee pods in separate waste collection to the certification of PFAS limits for manufacturers

Packaging: EU regulation comes into force – what changes for consumers and businesses

The study by CMCC and POLIMI: the 2015–2018 drought resulted in a shortfall of 24 billion, whilst the 2022 drought resulted in a shortfall of 43

Climate: if temperatures rise by 2 °C, Italia could lose 74 billion and 960,000 jobs

Il ceo traccia le prossime sfide: «Puntiamo a creare una diplomazia industriale con i nostri fornitori strategici, il costo della trasmissione in Italia è tra i più bassi nella Ue»

The CEO outlines the challenges ahead: “We aim to establish industrial diplomacy with our strategic suppliers; the cost of transmission in Italia is among the lowest in the EU”

The CEO outlines the challenges ahead: “We aim to build industrial diplomacy with our strategic suppliers; the cost of transmission in Italia is amongst the lowest in the EU”

Monti, Terna: ‘Investment in electricity grids is crucial for national security’

L’impianto originario di Wpd da 80 MW ha cominciato la valutazione d’impatto ambientale nel 2021

WPD’s original 80 MW plant began its environmental impact assessment in 2021

Ariano Irpino: wind farm projects clash with landscape restrictions

Volumes are up (+2%) but margins have almost disappeared for companies in the sector: the Plastic Consult report for Assorimap

Plastic recycling: Italian firms forecast a 1.1% decline in revenue by 2025 

From the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz to the challenges of tackling climate change. You can download the 56-page guide within this article

World Environment Day: the planet doesn’t argue or negotiate

Brussels asks Rome to stick to the public expenditure correction path, increase military spending and promote innovation and collective bargaining

EU to Italia: focus on public spending, labour and innovation. Yes to flexibility on energy

The war in Iran drives up the price of virgin material, which becomes cheaper, but the industry is not yet safe

Recycled plastics: boost from oil price rises, but the crisis remains

The offshore capital changes its skin: CO2 storage, wind power, agri-voltaics (and gas). Here environment, work, industry can coexist

Ravenna, the laboratory city of the energy transition

Decisivo l’apporto dagli Usa che si conferma il primo fornitore di gas via nave sia per la penisola che per tutta l’Europa. Scornajenchi: «A oggi arrivate già 150 navi, la metà dagli States»

Decisive is the contribution from the USA, which confirms itself as the leading supplier of gas by ship for both the peninsula and the whole of Europe. Scornajenchi: '150 ships have already arrived to date, half from the States'

Gas, so Italy replaced all imported volumes from Russia with regasifiers

Il presidente dell’Unem Murano: «Impegno da 6-8 miliardi al 2030 che potrebbe spostarsi altrove». Domani a Bruxelles il tavolo di confronto con il settore sul futuro dell’automotive

Unem president Murano: '6-8 billion commitment to 2030 that could move elsewhere'. Tomorrow in Brussels the round table with the industry on the future of automotive

Biofuels: investments at risk if Europe does not change the rules

Dopo il varo del fondo incentivi con le risorse avanzate dal piano Pnrr sui sistemi di ricarica resta il nodo infrastruttura da implementare - La copertura al Sud, la rete autostradale e i costi di ricarica sono i principali problemi per l’Italia

After the launch of the incentive fund with resources from the Pnrr plan on recharging systems, the infrastructure node remains to be implemented - Coverage in the South, the motorway network and recharging costs are the main problems for Italy

After the launch of the Incentive Fund with resources from the NRP, the infrastructure node remains - Southern coverage, motorway network and charging costs the main problems

Electric cars, columns at the pole while recharging costs the same as a full tank

On the plate are NRP investments of 3.2 billion and private investments of 3.5. Gattoni (Cib): we ask to simplify the definition of the end of works

On the plate are NRP investments of 3.2 billion and private investments of 3.5. Gattoni (Cib): we ask to simplify the definition of end of works

Biomethane, race against time for 450 plants

Il numero uno della Federazione delinea le priorità: «Occorre accelerare gli investimenti su depurazione e nuove infrastrutture per evitare il conto molto più salato del non fare»

The Federation's number one outlines the priorities: "We need to accelerate investments in purification and new infrastructure to avoid the much higher bill for not doing".

The Federation's number one outlines the priorities: 'Investment in purification and new infrastructure must be accelerated in order to avoid the much higher bill for not doing'.

Dal Fabbro: 'Water, we need a 30 billion plan to ensure efficient management'

The race for critical materials focuses on mining waste

In Lombardy there are 116 treatment centres out of a national total of 656. Veneto has 77, Piedmont 49, Emilia-Romagna 43

Lombardy, record for plants treating wet and undifferentiated waste

The appointment is next 30 September. Traders sniff the market and several M&As have already been closed

The appointment is next 30 September. Operators sniff the market and several M&amp;A have already been closed

Storage systems, operators prepare for Terna's first auction

Biomethane, Lombardy first for projects

There are currently no plants capable of refining critical raw materials from batteries. However, there is no shortage of projects for new plants and technologies: the cases of Seval from Lombardy and Spirit from Vicenza.

Why in Italy we cannot extract lithium from spent batteries

From the weight of Trump's policies to the unknowns of the energy transition: what kind of world awaits us? Climate change imposes solutions. Inside this article you can download the 56-page Guide

What future for the environment? We answer now

Il gruppo guidato da Giuseppina Di Foggia ha predisposto una strategia ad hoc che prevede 2,3 miliardi di investimenti per irrobustire l’infrastruttura

The group led by Giuseppina Di Foggia has prepared an ad hoc strategy that envisages 2.3 billion in investments to strengthen the infrastructure

Terna, from 'grid-saving' machines to 'digital eyes': here is the plan to avoid blackouts

How much has the peculiarity of solar generation, which produces electricity statically without the movement necessary to maintain a stable grid frequency, influenced

Blackout Spain, what is low photovoltaic inertia and why it must be managed

At the Chamber of Deputies, the Cleantech for Italy coalition was presented, bringing together research institutions, companies, funds: the gap between innovation and industrialisation must be bridged

Clean technologies: Italy's potential for circular economy, batteries and agrifood

The alarm of the sector associations: today the system is unsustainable, while waiting for the new EPR system, support from the municipalities is needed

Textile waste, collection costs exceed sales prices: service at risk

UK-based developer announces partnership with Rinascita Holding for 200 MW battery pole. In our country, including solar, projects for 3 GW

Accumuli, Elgin lands in Italy with 250 million project in Umbria

Cross-cutting phenomenon impacting multiple aspects of our lives. Perspectives based on Unccd's World Drought Atlas

Water crisis, why a systemic approach is needed

Authorisation procedures for 3 GW started today. Triple-digit growth is estimated. Meanwhile, the Fer2 decree envisages 50 MW of incentives: auctions by the end of the year

Floating photovoltaics, potential for 25 GW in Italy

85% of applications concentrated in northern Italy: Lombardy driving force

Data centres, how electricity demand exploded in Italy in four years

Gli operatori del settore - che in Italia sta decollando per numero di progetti - chiedono continuità dopo gli incentivi che scadono il 30 giugno 2026

Biometano: «Servono sostegni oltre il Pnrr»

Lo studio di Agici-Accenture calcola i benefici in 5 anni per un Paese che in Europa paga più di tutti per l’energia

Elettricità, ecco come ridurre il prezzo del 20%: più rinnovabili, riforma mercato e acquisti Ue del gas

Nel 2024, nel nostro Paese raffinati 1,2 milioni di tonnellate. Germania, Francia, Spagna davanti. Nuove prospettive dall’economia circolare

Biocarburanti, Italia quarta in Europa per produzione

L’Italia potrebbe aumentare la potenza installata di impianti esistenti, tra fotovoltaico a terra e impianti eolici, di altri 20 gigawatt rispetto ai 75 gigawatt oggi già installati nel paese

Rinnovabili, con il repowering di pannelli e pale 20 gigawatt in più in Italia

Secondo il primo Global Grids Index prodotto da Bloomberg per Iberdrola, il Paese occupa un buon posto per l’ammontare degli investimenti. Da risolvere il nodo congestione

Rinnovabili, Italia quarta tra i maggiori mercati per progetti di sviluppo reti 

Termine per le domande prorogato al 30 novembre, innalzamento a 30mila abitanti per i comuni in cui sorgeranno gli impianti: gli annunci del ministro Pichetto alla fiera Key di Rimini

Comunità energetiche, quali sono le novità per accedere agli incentivi

Battuta la Lombardia, che conserva il primato per potenza cumulata. In crescita gli impianti utility scale

Fotovoltaico: +30% nel 2024. Lazio prima regione per capacità installata

La federazione ha stimato l’impatto della direttiva Ue sui grandi impianti

Idrico: 2,2 miliardi di metri cubi in più da riuso acque reflue

Continua sulle borse internazionali la crescita del metano. Gli approvvigionamenti devono fare i conti con la situazione geopolitica. Quale ruolo per le rinnovabili?

Energia, perché il disaccoppiamento tra gas ed elettricità può abbassare i prezzi

Tra le cause: produzione a partire dal gas, con esposizione alle sue fluttuazioni, difficoltà nella penetrazione delle rinnovabili, indipendenza energetica da migliorare

Elettricità, perché in Italia costa di più rispetto agli altri Paesi

Si perde il 20-30% del materiale raccolto. Serve ammodernare gli impianti e migliorare la qualità della raccolta

20-30% of the collected material is lost. We need to modernise the plants and improve the quality of collection

Organic waste, recycling must be made more effective

Previsti vantaggi per i grandi operatori industriali grazie ai nuovi prezzi per area geografica

Differenze in bolletta meno marcate nella fase transitoria. Previsti vantaggi per i grandi operatori industriali grazie ai nuovi prezzi per area geografica

Elettricità, che cosa cambia con i nuovi prezzi zonali

L’attesa per marzo. Tra le criticità: gare aperte anche a chi non ha tutte le autorizzazioni necessarie e tariffe troppo basse

Waiting for March. Among the critical points: tenders also open to those who do not have all the necessary authorisations and tariffs that are too low

Offshore wind, operators prepare for Fer 2 auctions

L’esempio di due aziende che riescono a produrre da copertoni di biciclette e fibre tessili recuperate, dando loro una seconda vita

Il dilemma dei rifiuti tra riduzione e opportunità di riciclo

Secondo Elemens valori del secondo semestre 2024 dimezzati rispetto a quelli del 2022 quando toccarono il 35%. Il Spagna e Inghilterra sono la metà

According to Elemens, values for the second half of 2024 are half those of 2022 when they reached 35%. Spain and England are half

Photovoltaics, in Italy authorisation accounts for 18% of the system cost

Gli effetti della fine del Pun (prezzo unico nazionale) dal 1° gennaio 2025: il sistema premia le regioni più green

Elettricità, quali sono le regioni con maggiore produzione e fabbisogno

Intervista a Giuseppe Argirò, vicepresidente di Elettricità Futura con delega per il settore

Idroelettrico: «Riaffidare le concessioni, se serve ridare fondi Pnrr all’Europa»

Nel 2024 rilasciati dalla commissione Pnrr-Pniec 304 pareri (+300%). I progetti però potrebbero arenarsi 

Energia, accelerano le valutazioni ambientali per le rinnovabili ma è rischio paralisi

Oltre la metà del fabbisogno europeo di magnesio potrebbe essere coperto dal Mediterraneo. Nei boschi la grafite per le batterie

More than half of Europe's magnesium needs could be met from the Mediterranean. In the woods graphite for batteries

Salt pans and forests, green mines for critical raw materials

La maggior parte delle ricerche di personale riguarda profili per le rinnovabili, l’economia circolare e l’efficientamento. Ma oltre la metà delle figure sono introvabili e resta il nodo del mismatch. Lombardia in testa per assunzioni verdi

Most personnel searches concern profiles for renewables, circular economy and efficiency. But more than half of the figures are nowhere to be found and the mismatch remains. Lombardy in the lead for green recruitment

Energy transition drives environmentally friendly employment

L’iniziativa, finanziata dall’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Asi), è condotta dall’Enea come capofila, in collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Energia del Politecnico di Milano e Thales Alenia Space Italia

Nucleare, piccole centrali per produrre energia elettrica sulla Luna: ecco cos’è il progetto Selene

Dal 1°gennaio scatta il vincolo europeo. In Italia il sistema, partito nel 2022, non decolla: responsabilità dei produttori ancora in stand by

From 1 January, the European constraint is triggered. In Italy the system, which started in 2022, does not take off: manufacturers' responsibilities still on stand-by

Textile waste, why separate collection does not take off in Italy

E-commerce shops are obliged to take back household WEEE, after purchase of a new product. Now the Save Infringements Decree simplifies the procedure

Black Friday, those who buy electronics online are entitled to take back their second-hand goods

Added value of 3.5 billion and support for 35,800 jobs. These are the figures from Teha's study on the impact of the activities of the Conai consortium

Packaging, 15.5 billion turnover from recycling for Italy

Parla l’Ad Stefano Venier: «Stoccaggi ora al 98,5%, un terzo dei consumi invernali già coperti Entro fine anno, 50 navi in arrivo a Piombino: la diversificazione ha pagato»

SpeaksEditor General Stefano Venier: "Stocks now at 98.5%, a third of winter consumption already covered By the end of the year, 50 ships arriving at Piombino: diversification has paid off"

Venier: 'Snam network crucial for Europe ready to say goodbye to Russian gas'

Aurelio Regina: 'Concern about foreign players in tenders. Confirm the concessionaires and give electricity to the companies'.

Confindustria: 'Hydro should be an opportunity for industrial policy'

Nel mondo si moltiplicano i progetti cancellati, rinuncia anche uno dei vincitori di sussidi della Europe Hydrogen Bank. Appena il 12% degli impianti proposti nel mondo si è assicurato acquirenti e ci sono ancora incertezze regolatorie, così investire è un rischio

More and more projects around the world are being cancelled, even one of the Europe Hydrogen Bank's grant winners is giving up. Barely 12% of the world's proposed plants have secured buyers and there are still regulatory uncertainties, so investing is a risk

Green hydrogen, why costs are not falling and demand is lacking

Le aste orarie, il ruolo del gestore, le dinamiche tra diverse tecnologie: come funziona il mercato nel nostro Paese e quali sviluppi si attende

Hourly auctions, the role of the operator, the dynamics between different technologies: how the market works in our country and what developments are expected

Electricity, how the price is formed in Italy and how much renewables count

Lo studio di Agici: da ammodernare in Italia 73,8 GW, soprattutto fotovoltaico e idroelettrico. Gli operatori: serve sbloccare lo stallo concessioni oltre a iter autorizzativi semplificati

Agici study: 73.8 GW to be modernised in Italy, mainly photovoltaic and hydroelectric. Operators: we need to break the concession deadlock as well as simplified authorisation procedures

Renewables, 48 billion needed for old plants by 2050

Media di 134 euro al MWh, a settembre il valore giornaliero ha già toccato i 163 euro. In Italia si paga di più rispetto ai principali Paesi europei

Average of 134 euros per MWh, in September the daily value already reached 163 euros. Italy pays more than the main European countries

Electricity, prices rise: +9% in the last week

Hydroelectricity, the regions try again. In autumn, ahead with tenders

Un’analisi di Bcg rileva come il materiale arrivato soprattutto da Cina, Turchia, India, Indonesia abbia destabilizzato i prezzi mettendo a rischio gli obiettivi di recupero

An analysis by Bcg notes how material arriving mainly from China, Turkey, India and Indonesia has destabilised prices and put recovery targets at risk

An analysis by Bcg notes how material arriving mainly from China, Turkey, India and Indonesia has destabilised prices, putting the recovery target at risk

Europe buys cheap recycled plastic from outside the EU. Targets and industry at risk

Ampi margini discrezionali alle Regioni. Alle quali ora spetta il compito, entro sei mesi, di varare leggi con cui stabilire cosa può essere istallato e dove

Wide discretionary margins to the regions. They now have the task, within six months, of passing laws to establish what can be installed and where.

New rules for photovoltaic installations risk pushing investors towards northern Italy, creating a territorial imbalance

Photovoltaics, investments are moving from the South to the North: here's why

Secondo i dati aggiornati a maggio di REgions2030, mentre i via libera per il solare crescono (3 GW) quelli per il vento si fermano: solo 302 MW contro 1,5 GW nell’intero 2023

According to data updated in May by REgions2030, while the green light for solar grows (3 GW) those for wind come to a standstill: only 302 MW against 1.5 GW in the whole of 2023

Renewable energy sources, wind power weighs heavily on the issue of authorisations

Pioggia di nuove regole da Bruxelles con 85 regolamenti e direttive già varati e altri 15 in arrivo, mentre gli Usa hanno messo la freccia con misure per attrarre investimenti

Rain of new rules from Brussels with 85 regulations and directives already enacted and another 15 on the way, while the US has put the brakes on with measures to attract investment

EU only makes rules, US gives incentives

Secondo l’Irex Annual Report 2024 di Althesys si attendono 7,1 GW installati nel 2024. Lo scorso anno gli investimenti hanno superato gli 80 miliardi

According to the Irex Annual Report 2024 by Althesys, 7.1 GW are expected to be installed in 2024. Last year, investments exceeded 80 billion

Renewables, projects up by 73%

Il rapporto di Intesa Sanpaolo, Assobiotec e del cluster Spring evidenzia una crescita di 9,3 miliardi di euro rispetto al 2022 e una forte propensione all’innovazione: sono state censite 808 start up innovative, il 6,6% delle imprese iscritte al registro apposito

The report by Intesa Sanpaolo, Assobiotec and the Spring cluster shows a growth of EUR 9.3 billion compared to 2022 and a strong propensity for innovation: 808 innovative start-ups, 6.6% of all registered companies, were surveyed

The bioeconomy generated a value of EUR 437.5 billion in 2023

 Il gigante asiatico non solo controlla le filiere green, ma corre più veloce di tutti verso la decarbonizzazione. Nel 2023 ha installato più rinnovabili di quante ne esistano negli Usa e le sue emissioni di CO2 ora iniziano a calare, mentre la rivoluzione verde traina l’economia. dal cleantech il 40% della crescita cinese (e il 9% del Pil)

 The Asian giant not only controls the green supply chains, it is running faster than anyone else towards decarbonisation. By 2023 it had installed more renewables than there are in the US and its CO2 emissions are now starting to fall as the green revolution drives the economy. 40% of Chinese growth (and 9% of GDP) comes from cleantech

The Asian giant not only controls the green supply chains, but also runs faster than anyone else towards decarbonisation. By 2023 it had installed more renewables than there are in the US and its CO2 emissions are now starting to fall as the green revolution drives the economy. 40% of China's growth (and 9% of GDP)from cleantech

In China, environment rhymes with business: how Beijing drives the transition and gets richer

The reverberations will not be immediate but from 2029 onwards: the concrete effects can only be assessed when the measure has been deployed and the market prices to which the contracts with which the aid is granted are pegged are evident

Renewables, new incentives coming: here's what the impact on your bill could be

Secondo le previsioni aggiornate al quarto trimestre di Ispra, la CO2 nella mobilità scende solo dello 0,5% rispetto al 2022

According to Ispra's fourth-quarter updated forecast, CO2 in mobility drops by only 0.5 per cent compared to 2022

Emissions: Italy to fall by 6.3% in 2023, the transport issue

Presentata la fotografia scattata dal Green Book 2024, il rapporto annuale sul settore dei rifiuti urbani in Italia, promosso da Utilitalia e curato dalla Fondazione Utilitatis

Presented the photograph taken by the Green Book 2024, the annual report on the municipal waste sector in Italy, promoted by Utilitalia and edited by the Utilitatis Foundation

Waste: 13 billion euro turnover. In the South the highest Tari in Italy

Intervenendo a In Mezz’ora su Rai 3, l’ad di Eni, Claudio Descalzi, torna a ribadire la traiettoria da seguire per una efficace svolta verde dai costi sempre crescenti.

Speaking on Rai 3's In Mezz'ora, Eni's CEO Claudio Descalzi returns to reiterate the trajectory to be followed for an effective green turnaround with ever-increasing costs.

Descalzi: Europe must open up to private capital on green transition

On the sidelines of the Energy Council meeting in Brussels, the three countries signed the memorandum of understanding for the realisation of the hydrogen corridor from North Africa to Central Europe

Hydrogen: agreement between Italy, Germany and Austria for the SoutH2 Corridor. Here's what it is and what the benefits will be

Secondo il Renewable Energy Report 2024 redatto dall’Energy & Strategy della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano dopo i numeri record del 2023 lo sviluppo di capacità installata rischia di rallentare

According to the Renewable Energy Report 2024 compiled by the Energy & Strategy of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, after the record numbers of 2023 the development of installed capacity is likely to slow down

According to the Renewable Energy Report 2024 prepared by the Energy &amp; Strategy of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, after the record numbers of 2023 the development of installed capacity is likely to slow down

Renewables, tariffs too low for operators' costs

I numeri del consorzio Biorepack: nel 2023 in Italia è aumentata la copertura geografica ma abbiamo perso il 17% del materiale arrivato agli stabilimenti a causa delle impurità

The figures of the Biorepack consortium: in 2023 in Italy the geographical coverage increased but we lost 17% of the material arriving at the plants due to impurities

Bioplastics, wet collection dirtier: recycling slows to 56.9 per cent

Al Festival dell’Economia di Trento presentato l’Osservatorio del Sole 24 Ore per monitorare l’avanzamento delle rinnovabili e le azioni (anche del legislatore) per velocizzare efficientamento di industria e patrimonio immobiliare

At the Trento Festival of Economics, the Sole 24 Ore Observatory was presented to monitor the progress of renewables and the actions (also of the legislature) to speed up efficiency in industry and real estate

Energy Transition: Decrees must be unlocked

I numeri di Cial relativi al 2023: 59.300 tonnellate di materiale recuperato e 3.200 avviate alla valorizzazione energetica

Cial's figures for 2023: 59,300 tonnes of material recovered and 3,200 tonnes sent for energy recovery

Aluminium packaging, recycling at 70.3%. EU targets exceeded ahead of schedule

Nello studio “Roadmap to 2030: scenari e indicazioni di policy alla luce dei nuovi target di decarbonizzazione”, realizzato da Engie col Politecnico di Milano, evidenziato il traino per l’efficienza energetica da soluzioni come i certificati bianchi e il conto termico

In the study 'Roadmap to 2030: Scenarios and policy directions in the light of new decarbonisation targets', carried out by Engie with the Politecnico di Milano, highlighted the driving force for energy efficiency from solutions such as white certificates and the heat bill

Cutting emissions: incentives and standards to be harmonised to meet targets

A trainare la domanda ai massimi storici non sono soltanto Cina e India: il Paese dove crescono di più (oltre un terzo in due anni) è l’Indonesia. Il motivo? La corsa a produrre nickel per le batterie

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