Gas and electricity, Cingolani: “Now you need to save”

“I find it reasonable to push European citizens to save energy, even if they are already doing so.” This was stated by the Minister of Ecological Transition, Roberto Cingolani, guest of ‘Porta a porta’ on Rai1. “Energy sobriety is always good, there is no need for a crisis, but in a moment like this it becomes a necessity”. THE PRICE- “At the moment we pay for the gas on the basis of a quotation set by the Dutch TTF” he explains. “A volatile and essentially speculative market, and absolutely inadequate compared to Brent or others. These prices determine not only the price of gas, but also of electricity. It is evident that it is a perfect storm in a war economy. paying gas, heating and electricity prices that have nothing to do with quantities “. “Each has its own energy mix, the only unitary solution is to put a European ceiling on the price of gas. Realistically, we cannot think of a proposal that is too restrictive. If we could reach 60-65% of the prices of the Ttf or hooking up to liquid natural gas would already be an important relief, “he stresses. RENEWABLES AND NUCLEAR – “All energy-intensive countries have nuclear power plants, and nuclear produces no emissions. If we really want to decarbonise it is unrealistic to say that we will replace everything with renewables in ten years. I am a deep supporter of renewables, but countries like Italy who consume 1500-1700 terawatt hours a year how do they plan to go on only with discontinuous sources? However, I would not start a campaign with third generation power plants like the ones there are in France. land or sea. My dream is to have many renewables. And then in 2050-2060 to reach nuclear fusion, which is the mechanism that makes the stars work. This is the vision we must have, the rest are short-term interests ” .