AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoItaly Power Shift: Italy’s electricity mix tilted further toward thermal generation in 2025, with renewables down 1.5% and thermal up 5.2%, lifting total output 2.4%, while natural gas consumption rose 2% and LNG imports jumped 44% (ARERA). Gas Supply Watch: The same ARERA report points to higher gas imports, including a doubling of US supplies plus more from Norway and the Netherlands, with LNG now about one-third of Italy’s gas imports. Heat Pressure Across Europe: Europe’s heatwave fallout is still escalating, with France reporting 2,025 excess deaths in June and estimates suggesting Italy among the hardest hit, underscoring cooling and grid stress risks for the region. Energy Security & Defense Spillover: A wider NATO-driven rearmament push is reshaping how governments and firms think about protecting critical infrastructure, including energy networks and the digital systems that run them. Solar Momentum: Iberdrola has commissioned Italy’s largest solar PV project, adding to the country’s renewables build-out.
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