Reply #9: A regulator?

[FBaggins]

Why... that means he's part of the nuclear industry. Right?

Italy has a lot of sun,

Compared to Germany (which has inexplicably focused so much on PV), sure. It's comparatively sunny. Compared to areas that most benefit from solar... not so much.

wind

Don't know where you get that idea. They are, in fact, probably the worst in Europe (at least western europe).

and coastal water resources

Obviously plenty of per-capita coastline... but the wave power density isn't so great in the Med.

And, of course, wave power is far from a mature "off the shelf" technology. Isn't it? :)


Regardless, I wasn't making it up. Presumably Italy knows what their options are... and they're ramping back up on fossil-fuel generation.