According to the indiscretions collected by the Spanish newspaper El Paìs, the European Commission is preparing to present an emergency plan that even provides incentives for the production of energy by exploiting the most polluting of fossil fuels to replace gas.
July 14, 2021 seems to be the date of another era. That day the European Commission presented the package for the first time Fit for 55eight different initiatives that overall aim to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and therefore also the absolute block on the sale of thermal engine cars by 2035. It is right to remember that the plan Fit for 55 consists of eight different initiatives that overall aim to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and then to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On 29 June, the political green light arrived from the Council of environment ministers of EU countries. In the coming days, instead, we will discuss political maneuvers that have an exactly opposite sign, with the return to energy production through the most polluted of fossil fuels, namely coal. The reflection on a nascent sector such as the electric car and its zero impact proclamations are evident.
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According to the indiscretions collected by the Spanish newspaper El Paìs, the emergency plan for energy that the European Commission will present on 21 July next in Brussels, which will then end up on the table of the energy ministers on Tuesday 26 July, provides for a relaxation of the restrictions environmental, including controlling industry carbon dioxide emissions to enable coal to be used instead of gas for electricity generation. This is a temporary and exceptional measure, this is the formal position, because the Commission maintains as a priority “the change towards renewable energy sources”, but will apply “all available flexibility temporarily”. The Commission’s plan would even include incentives for the return to the use of coal instead of gas in both electricity generation and industrial processes. To refer only to the emergency created by the crisis in Ukraine is, however, a mistake. The possible substantial failure of the entire Community policy in favor of renewable sources is under discussion. This the numbers certify. In a country like Italy, according to data provided by Terna, in 2021 the demand for electricity (318,075 GWh) was up by + 5.6% compared to 2020, and slightly down by -0.5% compared to 2019. 51% of this request was met by production from non-renewable sources, 36% from renewable sources, ie hydroelectric, photovoltaic and wind power. In 2021, China produced 706 TWh of energy from renewable sources, Europe at 27 just 55 TWh.