Italy's renewables industry is experiencing perhaps its best moment: project investments nearly doubled to 80 billion euros in 2023 from 41 billion euros the previous year clearly show the excellent health of the sector. But the good news does not end there. With the introduction of the new EU electricity market design, electricity bills could benefit from lower raw material costs, thanks to the contracts for difference that Italy will adopt for new installations. The adequacy of the Italian electricity system in the medium term also offers a reassuring picture thanks to the capacity market and the grid operator's infrastructure development. On all this, however, looms the uncertainty caused by the DL Agriculture, under discussion in these hours, and potentially able to cancel much of the planned investments in photovoltaics. This is, in short, the picture outlined by the Irex Annual Report 2024, the Althesys study that has been monitoring the renewables sector since 2008, analyzing strategies and outlining future trends.
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