Last 23 December, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security reported in the Official Gazette the publication, on its institutional website, of the Director's Decree of 10 December 2024, ‘Approval of the operating rules of the decree of 19 June 2024', the so-called FER 2.

The European Commission, in a note dated 22 November 2023, announced the approval of Italy's draft decree for improving energy self-use from renewable sources ("Decree") pursuant to EU State aid rules.

The new Italian feed-in-tariffs scheme has been recently further amended.

What are the suitable areas under the current legislation.

Regional Law no. 5 of 3 July 2024, with which the Council approved the so-called Sardinian Moratorium, was published on 4 July in BURAS no. 35.

Carbon credits are tradable certificates that represent the reduction or offsetting of CO₂ emissions. They were introduced as part of international strategies aimed at combating climate change and promoting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

With the 2022 Italian Budget Law, published in the Italian Official Gazette on 30 December 2021, several measures were introduced to promote the competitiveness of the national production system and concerning, among other things...

Lo scorso 23 dicembre, il Ministero dell'ambiente e della sicurezza energetica ha segnalato in Gazzetta Ufficiale la pubblicazione sul proprio sito istituzionale del decreto direttoriale del 10 dicembre 2024

In order to meet the European Union's energy and climate greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2030, EU countries need to establish a 10-year integrated national energy and climate...

On 5 December, the Regional Law no. 20 ‘Urgent measures for the identification of areas and surfaces suitable and unsuitable for the installation and promotion of renewable energy sources (RES) plants and for the simplification of authorisation procedures'.

Il Consiglio dei Ministri, nella seduta del 25 novembre 2024, ha approvato il Testo Unico sulle Rinnovabili, un provvedimento destinato a rivoluzionare il quadro normativo delle energie rinnovabili in Italia.

La Legge di Conversione n. 116/2014 dell'11 agosto 2014 ha parzialmente modificato le disposizioni del Decreto Legge n. 91/2014 del 24 giugno 2014.

The following is a review of the most relevant recent rulings on authorization procedures for the construction and operation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources.

ESG has been around for many years, but only given this three-letter label in recent times. With the increasing focus on environmental and ethical issues, though, its impact and influence has boomed...

The GSE has finally published the new framework on maintenance and renovation of the photovoltaic plants benefiting from Conto Energia support regime (the "New DTR").

Renewable energy subsidies in Italy – GSE publishes the outcome of the first Auction for long-term Contract For Difference and Register process for smaller plants.

Energy storage in the electrical system consists of the accumulation of a certain amount of energy, produced at a given time, in order to be able to use it at a later time of need, both as final energy and as energy to be converted into another carrier.

Lo scorso 10 dicembre la Camera dei Deputati ha approvato in via definitiva il disegno di legge di conversione Decreto-Legge 17 ottobre 2024 n. 153, recante "Disposizioni urgenti per la tutela ambientale del Paese.

Lo scorso 5 dicembre è stata pubblicata sul Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Sardegna, n. 65, la Legge regionale n. 20, recante "Misure urgenti per l'individuazione di aree e superfici idonee e non idonee all'installazione e promozione di impianti a fonti di energia rinnovabile (FER) e per la semplificazione dei procedimenti autorizzativi".

Si riporta qui di seguito una rassegna delle pronunce più rilevanti recentemente intervenute in merito alle procedure autorizzative per la costruzione e l'esercizio di impianti per la produzione di energia da fonti rinnovabili.