Italian wind industry body Anev warned the country’s government that it must carry through promises to simplify project permitting – especially for repowering – or it will fail to reach renewables goals set under new national energy targets up to 2030.

The Italian government has published its Strategia Energetica Nazionale (SEN), with renewables now expected to account for 28% of total energy consumption in 2030, compared with 17.5%