NREAP - Italy National Renewable Energy Action Plan
All Member States of the European Union made National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) in 2010. NREAPs include detailed description of how each Member State expects to reach its legally binding 2020 target for the share of renewable energy in their final energy consumption that is required by Article 4 of the renewable energy Directive (2009/28/EC). In these plans Member States set out the sectoral targets, the technology mix they expect to use, the trajectory they will follow and the measures and reforms they will undertake to overcome the barriers to developing renewable energy.

Main targets in Italy

Italian national target for the share of renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2020 is 17 %. The expected total energy consumption in 2020 is 133,042 ktoe. The amount of energy from renewable sources in target year 2020 should be 22,617 ktoe. National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) sets a target of the share of renewable energies to be 26,39 % in electricity sector, 17,09 % in heating/cooling sector and 10,14 % in transport sector by 2020.

Main incentives and laws in Italy

Italy is about to reduce the incentives for renewable energies (wind and solar). Authorization procedures will also be streamlined in Italy: this represents an important step in the development of renewable energy sources in Italy.

Solar energy

Installed capacity of solar electricity is estimated to increase from 2 505 MW (2010) to 8 600 MW (2020)

Feed-In Tariff for photovoltaic is 0,251 – 0,402 €/kWh

Solar thermal: the electricity produced by the solar part only of solar thermal plants is eligible for an incentive tariff for the integration portion (share of net production not due to the solar source)

All inclusive -tariff: tariffs paid for solar energy fed into the network and the value of the tariffs covers both the incentive and the sale price for the energy fed into the network

Bioenergy

Tax credit for district heating using geothermal or biomass energy

Minimum quota for transport biofuel use

Support for the integration of biogas into the natural gas network (planned)

Key players in Italy

• ISES ITALIA
• Italian Association of Renewable Energy Producers
• Italian Photovoltaic Association (ASSOSOLARE)
• Italian Wind Energy Association
• Ministry of Economic Development
• Renewable Energy Producers Association (APER)

See also

• Energy policy of the European Union
  Energy policy of the European Union
  Although the European Union has legislated in the area of energy policy for many years, and evolved out of the European Coal and Steel Community, the concept of introducing a mandatory and comprehensive European energy policy was only approved at the meeting of the European Council on 27 October...
  
  
• Renewables Directive
  Renewables Directive
  The Renewables Directive is a European Union directive which mandates levels of renewable energy use within the European Union. Published 23rd April, 2009, its official title is 2009/28/EC...
  
  
• Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources
  Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources
  The Directive on Electricity Production from Renewable Energy Sources is a European Union directive for promoting renewable energy use in electricity generation. It is officially named 2001/77/EC and popularly known as the RES Directive....
  
  

External links

• Official Commission page on the RES directive
• Official Commission page on renewable energy
• National Renewable Energy Action Plans
• "Renewable energy: the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources" - from the official “Summaries of EU legislation” website
• Template for the National Renewable Energy Action Plans
• Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Renewable Energy Projections as Published in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans of the European Member States