“The steep increase in energy costs, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, risks bringing the renewable energy sector in Italy to its knees, paradoxically the very sector that should be the ‘engine’ of the Italian energy transition,” states Veronica Pitea, president of Aceper, in a note.

“If the government does not heed our appeal,” says Pitea, “we will be forced to shut down over 10,000 photovoltaic plants scattered across Italy, which produce over 900 GWh of clean electricity from renewable sources, and which light up the equivalent of six large cities such as Rome, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Bari, and Palermo combined.” The request to the government is to amend the Sostegni TER Decree and Article 36 linked to the 2020 budget law, “providing alternative measures for renewable energy producers (for example, ‘revamping’ the plants, that is, replacing parts of the plant and repairing it to restore optimal production),” otherwise, according to Pitea, “it would become unsustainable to keep our plants open” (ANSA).

See here the article form Icona News dated 11/03/2022