A study conducted by EURISPES studies the Italian energy balance in order to characterize the production and consumption levels of energy in our nation. The analysis reveals that Italy's energy system has a number of historical flaws. Despite the fact that, after France, Italy has the highest potential for renewable energy generation in Europe, a multitude of bureaucratic impediments and legal restraints severely restrict our ability to realize our full potential. To this must be added the problems associated with the implementation of new works, which are often obstructed by tiny but incisive interest groups and a strategy that prioritizes public opinion above medium- to long-term strategic planning. To provide just one example, while in Italy people are still debating what effect the regasification ship's color will have on the scenery in the port of Piombino or on the mussel farms already existing there, in Germany work has been underway on six regasification facilities (two of which are currently operational) since March of this year. If, on the one hand, Italy must deal with short-term contingencies related to the dizzying rise in energy costs, on the other, it must take advantage of the advantageous economic position to hasten the decarbonization of our economy as much as possible, according to EURISPES.
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