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This document sets the government's vision and strategy to ramp up the use of cycling.

<div>To benefit from the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility set up by the EU in the aftermath of the COVID-19-induced economic crisis, Member States submit their recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission. Each plan sets out the reforms and investments to be implemented by end-2026 and Member States can receive financing up to a previously agreed allocation. Each plan should effectively address challenges identified in the European Semester, particularly the country-specific recommendations of 2019 and 2020 adopted by the Council. It should also advance the green and digital transitions and make Member States’ economies and societies more resilient. The Commission validates the plan after which it effectively enters in force and EU subsidies can start flowing towards the member state. 37% of the plan’s total allocation is assessed to be directed towards reforms and investments supports climate objectives. Notable investments include the following: </div><ul><li>Sustainable mobility: integrate more regions into the high-speed rail network and complete the rail freight corridors; boost sustainable local transport through the extension of cycle lanes, metros, tramways and zero- emission buses, including the construction of electric charging stations across the country and hydrogen refuelling points for road and rail transport. €32.1 billion</li><li>Energy efficiency in residential buildings: financing large-scale renovation of residential buildings to make them more energy efficient. €12.1 billion The plan supports interventions for the improvement of energy efficiency of residential buildings by which beneficiaries may benefit from a tax rebate over the next five years for the amounts spent, provided that the energy savings of those interventions are higher than 30%. By the end of 2025, building renovation interventions will be completed for at least 32 million square meters.</li><li>Renewable energy and circular economy: developing the production and incentivising the use of renewable energies including green hydrogen as well as increasing recycling, reducing landfill waste and improving water management. €11.2 billion</li></ul>

The National Energy and Climate (ENCP) Plan is a ten-year integrated document <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-strategy/national-energy-climate-plans_en">mandated by the European Union</a> to each of its member states in order for the EU to meet its overall greenhouse gases emissions targets.&nbsp; The Energy and Climate Plan addresses all five dimensions of the EU Energy Union: decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security, internal energy markets and research, innovation and competitiveness.&nbsp; The plan establishes key objectives : 1) to accelerate the transition from traditional fuels to renewable sources by promoting the gradual phasing out of coal for electricity generation in favour of an electricity mix based on a growing share of renewables; 2) to implement policies and measures in order to reduce greenhouse gases (phase out of coal, higher CO2 price, acceleration of renewables and energy efficiency in manufacturing process level); 3) to use a mix of fiscal, economic, regulatory and policy instruments to ensure an energy efficiency; 4) to become less dependent on imports by increasing renewable sources and energy efficiency and to diversify sources of supply through the use of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG); 5) to ensure a greater degree of market integration and the development of processes, products and knowledge for the use of renewables, energy efficiency and network technology.

The FER1 decree supports the production of energy from renewable sources in order to achieve the European targets by 2030 defined in the Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate. It provides incentives for the diffusion of photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric and purification gas plants. The aim is to promote the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the sector, both in environmental and economic terms, by promoting the creation of thousands of new jobs through the implementation of a transition to low-carbon energy.

The Ministerial Decree providing incentives to electricity production from renewable energy sources (The RES Decree) 2016 updates the allocation scheme of incentives to renewable energy other than photovoltaic. The scheme covers wind farms, hydro, biomass and biogas, CSP and other non-photovoltaic renewable energy sources for the year 2016. It maintains the structure of the previous incentive 2012-2015 regime, while decreasing the value of overall incentives available.
As in the previous scheme, renewable energy plants may benefit from:
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<li>Feed-in tariff, applicable to Plants with capacity up to 500kW which do not opt for the above All-Inclusive Tariff, and Plants with nominal capacity greater than 500kW.</li>
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Incentives are granted either through registry procedure (plants with capacity below 5MW) or tender procedures (reverse auctions; plants with capacity above 5MW).
The overall cap on incentives for RES plants remains at €5.8 billion per year.



The 2019 decree updates the 2016 text to promote renewable energy production over the period 2019-2021.

According to this law, assed following the energy shock related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the weighted average of the air temperature, measured in the individual rooms of each building unit, must not be higher than 19 degrees in winter and lower than 27 degrees in summer, with a tolerance of two degrees in any case.

Decree-law 1 March 2022, no 17, passed following the energy shock related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, sets urgent measures to contain the costs of electricity and natural gas, for the development of renewable energies and for the relaunch of industrial policies.&nbsp;

This document, named the "relaunched decree" by the government, was released through the Council of Ministers press release no. 45 on the 14th of May 2020 and entered into force on the 19th of May 2020. It aims at enabling Italy to cope with the Covid-19-induced crisis and allow economic recovery.&nbsp; The decree-law notably modifies fiscal rules to incentivise energy efficiency, photovoltaic installations, and charging stations for electric vehicles at article 119. The so-called "superbonus", "super ecobonus" and "super sismabonus", whose rules have been amended by the decree-law 2021/157, notably introduces a 110% subsidy for energy savings improvements in the housing and building sectors. A number of articles in chapter 3 of the decree focus on the relaunch of the rail sector, on public transport refund scheme (art. 200) and on strengthening the Bus Rapid Transit system (art. 213). The decree-law establishes measures to encourage sustainable mobility in art. 229. These measures include a bonus of 60% of the cost and capped at 500 euros to acquire a cycle, electric cycle and other micromobility modes. The scheme is valid until the 31st of December 2020 and applies to residents of towns and cities above 50,000 residents.&nbsp; Article 49 of the decree mandates the creation of a center of excellence for research, innovation and technology transfer in the automotive sector in the complex industrial&nbsp; area of Turin. This center will promote ecological transition processes in the sectors of sustainable public and private mobility and the competitiveness of the automotive industry. It will also foster collaboration and transfer of knowledge, including towards&nbsp; the experimentation of new forms of mobility, including electric mobility.

This Decree-Law establishes urgent measures for the definition of national strategic policy to combat climate change and improve air quality, in order to comply with directive 2008/50 / EC obligations. It also sets measures to encourage sustainable mobility in metropolitan areas, reforestation measures, and the gathering and publication of environmental data.

This law establishes provisions for the fulfilment of the obligations deriving from Italy's membership of the European Union. It notably establishes provisions regarding the participation of specific entities in the greenhouse gas emission allowance auctions (article 13). It also ends the provisions on extending the incentive period for biomass, biogas and bioliquid plants by repealing paragraphs 149, 150 and 151 of article 1 of the law of 28 December 2015, n. 208.

Italy Biennial Transparency Report. BTR1. Update

Italy's National Inventory Report submitted in 2023

Italy. 2022 National Inventory Report (NIR), National Inventory Report from Italy in 2022

Italy's Adaptation communication, Adaptation Communication from Italy in 2021

Reducing final energy consumption by a total of 10 Mtoe by 2030


reaching a 28% share of renewables in total energy consumption by 2030, and a 55% share of renewables in electricity consumption by 2030


phasing out the use of coal in electricity generation by 2025.


Reduction in GHG for all non-ETS sectors by 33%.&nbsp;



To increase the share of energy from RES in the gross final consumption of energy for heating and cooling&nbsp; by +1.3% per year (indicative).&nbsp;



To increase the share of energy from RES in the gross final consumption of energy in the transport sector by 22%.



To increase the share of energy from RES in the gross final consumption of energy by 30 per cent.

21% cut in GHG emissions by 2020 compared with a 2005 baseline

6.5% cut in GHG emissions by 2008-2012 compared with a 1990 baseline

Primary energy consumption cut by 24% by 2020

Renewable energy is 19-20% final consumption by 2020

17% domestic consumption from renewables by 2020

No less than .2 KW solar energy capacity for new residential units by N/A compared with a business as usual scenario

3,000 MW total installed PV power  by 2016

0.1 Mtoe reduction in primary energy consumption (50% from natural gas reduction) by 2002, then 0.5 by 2003, 0.9 by 2004, 1.2 by 2005, 1.6 by 2006 compared with a business as usual scenario

0.1 Mtoe reduction in primary energy consumption (50% from natural gas reduction) by 2005, then 0.2 by 2006, 0.4 by 2007, 1.0 by 2008, 1.4 2009 compared with a business as usual scenario

1% biofuel and renewable energy in total fuel by 2005, then 2.5% by 2010

40,000 ton reduction of polluting emissions

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