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Italy recently published its new national energy strategy (Strategia Energetica Nazionale, aka SEN). It aims to increase RES consumption to 28% by 2030, compared with 17.5% in 2015. For the electricity sector, RES-E is seen to account for 55% by 2030, up from 38% in 2016. The plan highlights not only the importance of repowering wind farms but also the regulatory simplification.
Especially, electricity from wind power is planned to rise to 40 TWh/year by 2030, while the 2016 production was 17.4 TWh; solar PV from 22.5 to 72 TWh; phasing out the use of coal in electricity generati...