In Italy the road is all uphill for large renewable energy installations, beaten by delays, lengthy authorization procedures, disputes and by a too old and inadequate legislation stopped in 2010. Energy communities are not doing well either, despite the first positive signs that came with the CER Decree to which the Decree on Implementation Rules was added just in these days, finally coming full circle. Taking stock is Legambiente with two new reports, "Checkmate for Renewables 2024" - with data to 2023 and an update of the map of cases symbolizing plant blockages - and "Renewable Energy Communities in Italy," the latter produced in collaboration with the GSE and presented as part of the "BeCome - from villages to energy communities" campaign, created by Legambiente in collaboration with Kyoto Club and AzzeroCO2. Common denominator of the two reports: too slow growth of clean sources, RECs, and too many projects on the waiting list. The data speak for themselves: just 5,677 MW total new installations in the Peninsula in 2023 (according to Terna's latest data). It Is a slow growth compared to what should be the annual installation numbers to reach the 2030 climate goals, namely 90 GW of new installations, equal to almost 13 GW of new annual power from 2024 to 2030, according to the study commissioned to ECCO by Legambiente, Greenpeace and WWF. Also of concern is the scarcity of large installations built in 2023: in fact, according to Future Electricity data, of the 487 MW of wind power, 85 percent of installations are over 10 MW in size, but of the 5,234 MW of photovoltaics, 38 percent of installations are under 12 kW, and 78 percent are under 1 MW. Numbers too low, Legambiente denounces, to address the decarbonization of the country's electricity and production systems.
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