The "cable leash" designed by Terna to electrically "link" Sardinia to Sicily was not enough, now the Draghi government is preparing to deliver the island directly to Algeria. With an underground and sudden operation, the "Sherpas" of the Algerian government, the men who prepare the meetings between the leaders of the two countries, have put on the table a 365-kilometer electric cable to connect Algeria (Shafia region on the east coast) with the south coast of Sardinia.

The goal is to import the beauty of another 2,000 megawatts of electrical power to the island , to be clear much more than the total energy used by the Sardinians. The first drafts of the negotiation had emerged yesterday morning. In the early afternoon it was the CEO of the Algerian state electricity company “Sonelgaz” Mourad Ajal who “confessed” the meeting with the Italian Minister Roberto Cingolani. The dossier that is being finalized should be on the table in Palazzo Chigi tomorrow when Mario Draghi will meet the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

At the center of the talks is the Italian attempt to get out of the Russian grip on both oil and gas , with the aim of opening up new supply fronts. In this case, however, according to insiders, the increase in Algerian gas to Italy may increase by 2024, but by only 3/4 billion cubic meters, nothing compared to the 30 of Russian origin.

The Italo-Algerian confrontation, however, has in the background a very relevant geopolitical match with the dominated Sardinia, both in terms of energy and sovereignty in the seas. In fact, nothing has yet been said by the delegations on the " Exclusive Economic Zone " unilaterally declared by Algeria with a blitz at the UN in 2018. On that occasion, the Algerians actually occupied a large part of the western coast of the Sardinian sea, placing its flag on all international waters in front of the Island. Italy continues to remain silent on the very delicate match. In the meantime, however, the new electric cable appears. After having placed Sardinia in the employ of wind power multinationals through the planned “Tyrrhenian link” cable connecting with Sicily, now the island ends up in the hands of Algeria.