According to the report on the energy transition, prepared by the Popular Research Center of the Rome Business School and published on Thursday on the digital media website TgYou24.it, Italy is in line with European targets until 2030, to achieve 40.5 percent renewable energy use.
Over the past year, this European country’s electricity production has been met primarily by non-renewable sources, but production from renewable sources has grown, with hydropower increases of 40.2 percent; 42.1 percentage points in wind and 41.1 percentage points in PV compared to 2022.
The analysis indicates that the majority of Italy’s greenhouse gas emissions are currently derived from transport, industry, the residential sector and agriculture, at 27, 19, 12 and 8.0 percent, respectively.
On average, Italian households spent less on energy in 2023 than in the previous year, averaging around €770 for electricity and €863 for gas, representing a decrease of 34 and 27 percent respectively compared to the previous year.
For its part, industrial electricity consumption decreased by 3.9 percent last year compared to 2022, and in December 2023, energy demand was met by 47.3 percent with production from sources other than renewable energy, according to the study.
Valerio Mancini, Director of the Research Center at the Business School in this capital, commented in this regard that “implementing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan will be necessary not only to reduce carbon emissions, but also to develop innovation.” technological”.
It will also enable “the creation of new jobs in the renewable energy sector and an overall improvement in air quality and the environment” so, although “Italy certainly still has a long journey ahead, it is on the right track to achieve this.” “Our goal is zero emissions,” Mancini added.
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