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Italy: offshore oil and gas exploration projects to resume after Berlusconi’s ban in 2010
The Mario Monti’s government has canceled the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration imposed by Silvio Berlusconi in 2010, following the Macondo well explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the largest U.S. offshore oil spill.
read more... 20/07/2012
Italy: New “Conto Energia V” will come into force by the end of August
The fifth feed-in tariff, the new rules for Italian subventions system for photovoltaics, will come into force starting from the 27 of August and represents an amendment to the currently applicable “Conto Energia IV”. The move is a result of the Italian €6 billion photovoltaic feed-in tariff funding limit, reached on July 12.
read more... 20/07/2012
Italy: Amendment on excise duties on electricity from renewable sources
Excise duties represent an indirect tax, a progressive formation that interacts at various levels with different production cycles.
read more... 17/07/2012
ITALY: CO2 emissions to fall as electricity from renewable sources increase
In the first quarter of 2012, CO2 emissions have decreased, as fossil-fuel based power generation fell by 6.4%.This was possible due to the increased production of renewable energies. Italy is known as the fourth- biggest emitter of CO2 in the EU.
read more... 16/07/2012
Italy: new incentives measures on renewable power could jeopardize the green energy future
Italy’s expanding renewable energy industry is slowing after the government curbed renewable energy support and adopted new steps to already quite complicated procedure to apply for incentives.
read more... 13/07/2012