More electricity grids and more storage centers. To use the renewables jargon Sardinia knows best, this means new Tyrrhenian links and more space for battery storage.
European news
This new infrastructure isn't a matter of fear, but rather the Brussels position outlined in a document drafted by the European Commission. Essentially, the Berlaymont government has realized that some of the green energy produced by wind turbines and solar panels is going untapped: the infrastructure to export or store it is lacking. Hence the decision to upgrade electricity connections and BESS systems. For Sardinia, a land of multinationals and already Italy's power strip, the possibility of new cable ducts and lithium-ion containers is becoming a concrete reality, along with further land use.
The document
Euronews has relaunched the vision that the Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, is building with a reform. The starting point is the Green Deal, the European plan to push the Old Continent toward climate neutrality, which means not releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the planet can absorb through its soil, forests, and oceans. The final target is scheduled for 2050. But at the pace the 27 EU member states are pursuing, the goal is unattainable.
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