War in Ukraine, energy alarm: Draghi reopens to coal
Return to coal and gas doubling in the South. This is the energy plan by Mario Draghi to deal with the potentially devastating consequences on Italy’s energy supply after the war in Ukraine. “What does the government’s study plan consist of?” Asks Repubblica. Who replies: “For the immediate time it might be enough the reopening of coal-fired plants, as well as a measure to calm the price of energy. Two measures that are already being worked on, as the premier himself anticipated yesterday. Together with a few more loads of LNG, the liquefied natural gas that is shipped by ship. All this could be enough to spend the winter, given that the deposits with the strategic reserves of natural gas (the so-called storages) are still 40% full: after all, the mild climate of recent months, with temperatures above the media, made the situation less complicated “.
“At the moment”, Repubblica always remembers, “there are only four coal-fired power plants active in Italy after the closure of La Spezia: they are located in Venice, Civitavecchia, Brindisi and Monfalcone. There are still two in Sardinia, but they are used for the island’s energy production. The government asked Terna – the operator of the national grid – to verify how much more they could produce, and Terna in turn passed on the request to the operators (Enel and A2a) “.
War in Ukraine, the energy plan: doubling of gas in the South
As for gas, according to Repubblica, Libya and especially Algeria are looked at as alternative sources. As well as in Qatar. “At the same time, at least one billion cubic meters more could arrive from TAP: in 2021 it stopped at 7 billion, but has a potential for 10. For its doubling to 20 billion of capacity, however, we will have to wait longer to long (at least 3 years) “.
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