Fondo Kyoto

The renewable energy sector in Italy has formed a strong alliance to defend its interests under the new government of Mario Monti, Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance. The “Convention of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency” (Stati generali delle rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica) held its second meeting in Rome on 18 April. The around 20 associations which attended the meeting critically analysed the different circulating drafts of renewable energy decrees. “This is an important initiative. For the first time, all renewable energy associations have decided to work together in order to defend the interests of the whole sector,” Valeria Verga, Secretary General of the Italian solar thermal association Assolterm, states.