Terna, here’s what’s behind the historic record on renewables in Italy
In Italy a new historical record is recorded for renewableApril was a record month as far as I remember hydroelectric and solar. A level of demand touched only once in the past, in May 2020, when however the collapse in demand caused lockdown had distorted energy statistics. What Terna communicated yesterday – reports Il Sole 24 Ore – is instead a primacy”true”, determined mainly by two factors: the record hydroelectric production (practically tripled, to be precise +197.5%, due to the very heavy rain and snowfall in recent months) and the new step forward of photovoltaic (+19.5%), also favored from the increase in operating capacity. Renewables in Italy covered electricity needs with one in April 51.2% share (against 36% in 2023).
The other side of the coin, more industrial and financial, of historic achievement recorded by renewables in Italy in April – continues Il Sole – is represented by quarterly strong growth of the large Italian energy groups, increasingly focused on green generation. An even stronger trend for big hydroelectric companies like Enel, A2A and Edison. Precisely the group controlled by the Municipalities of Milan and Brescia, in the first quarter, had recorded “in a small way” what happened on a national scale in April, with the production from renewables which had achieved a historic overtaking of fossil fuels.
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